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Accident Summary Nr: 200524288 - Employee suffers amputation at the first knuckle

Accident Summary Nr: 200524288 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 08/16/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303742555	08/14/2001	2024	0	Wells Dairy, Inc.

Abstract: Two employees were reassembling an APC pneumatic three-way valve (Serial Number 2.5-740-20.5-504-91) used in a dairy product piping system. The valve stem had a seat engaged in the air energized mode and a seat engaged and energized by a spring with the air pressure released. Employee #1 was attempting to position a gasket on the valve body when his coworker applied air pressure to the valve system to move the valve stem. Employee #1's right index finger was caught in the valve seat when the valve stem was energized resulting in the amputation at the first knuckle. He was not hospitalized for his injury.

Keywords: AIR PRESSURE, AMPUTATED, FINGER, VALVE, PIPE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	303742555			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Food batchmakers

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