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Accident Summary Nr: 139181.015 - Employee partially amputates finger while sanding rotating m

Accident Summary Nr: 139181.015 -- Report ID: 0336000 -- Event Date: 09/03/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1553226.015	09/15/2021		332111	Ellwood National Forge

Abstract: At 11:45 a.m. on September 3, 2021, an employee working as a machine operator for a metals forging company was using Emery paper to sand off a weld spot on a piece of metal bar. The metal bar was spinning on a LeBlond lathe. The paper caught on the spinning bar pulling the employee's right hand into the lathe. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for a partially amputated ring finger.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught By, Finger, Instantaneous amputation, Lathe, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Metal, Metal Bar, Metal Lathe, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Paper, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Pulled In, Sanding, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1553226.015	52	M	Non Hospitalized injury

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