Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 139163.015 - Employee amputates two fingertips in wire drawing machine

Accident Summary Nr: 139163.015 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 09/11/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1553177.015	09/16/2021		331222	Neturen America Corporation

Abstract: At 12:28 p.m. on September 11, 2021, an employee working for steel wire manufacturer started up a wire drawing machine. The employee was trying to fix an overlap in the wire when he caught his right hand in the wire. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for amputations to his ring and middle fingertips.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Catch Point, Caught In, Finger, Fingertip, Hand, Inexperience, Instantaneous amputation, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Metal, Metal Wire, Partial Amputation, Started, Steel, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1553177.015	30	M	Non Hospitalized injury

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