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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 143179.015 - Employee Amputates Finger When Caught Between Gears

**Accident: 143179.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 01/18/2022**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1575034.015	01/27/2022		Bernal, Llc

At 1:15 p.m. on January 18, 2022, an employee was performing a gear lash test to inspect and adjust the gears to the correct tightness. The employee applied pow er to the die module and started to feed toilet paper through the running meshin g gears by hand when his hand became caught in the gears. The employee was hospi talized to treat an amputation of his index finger and and a fracture of his mid dle finger.

Keywords: adjust, amputated, amputation, caught in, crushed, finger, fracture, gear, testing

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	1575034.015	40	M	Hospitalized injury		Tool and die makers

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