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Accident Summary Nr: 14235550 - Employee's hand partially amputated in loader machinery

Accident Summary Nr: 14235550 -- Report ID: 0552700 -- Event Date: 03/25/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107724106	03/25/1988	3321	0	Staver Foundry Co.

Abstract: Employee #1, a reclaim operator for approximately seven years, was working 4 to 6 hours a day, 5 days a week, operating a Clark Michigan tractor loader, model #CKL340, serial #CKL340G-069-914, manufactured between 1960 and 1964. Work in the reclaim room requires the loader operator to load sand into a mixer for the process of reclaiming foundry sand. During operation, Employee #1's right hand was partially amputated when it became entrapped in an area of the equipment assumed to be between the cowl and inner guide bar assembly.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, CAUGHT BETWEEN, LOADER, HAND

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	107724106			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Machine operators, not specified

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