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Accident Summary Nr: 140045.015 - Employee amputates finger when caught in rotating tire machi

Accident Summary Nr: 140045.015 -- Report ID: 0627700 -- Event Date: 10/02/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1557273.015	10/06/2021		326211	Michelin North America, Inc.

Abstract: At 6:15 a.m. on October 2, 2019, an employee working for a tire manufacturer was operating a TBM 451 tire machine. The employee caught his right hand in the spinning drum pulling his hand to the bottom of the machine. The employee amputated his middle finger and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught By, Drum, Finger, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pinch Point, Pulled In, Rotating Parts, Tire, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1557273.015	42	M	Hospitalized injury

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