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Accident Summary Nr: 201037389 - Employee'S Finger Is Amputated In Drill Press

Accident Summary Nr: 201037389 -- Report ID: 0950635 -- Event Date: 06/02/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305479271	08/04/2005	2394	314912	Anza Tents

Abstract: At 1:30 p.m. on June 2, 2005, Employee #1, a warehouse helper with a manufacturer and renter of large tents and party canopies, was using a Delta type 2 drill press (Model Number 70- 200, Serial Number 011142W2082) to bore holes in an aluminum tube for a tent part. As he brushed accumulated chips from a hole he was drilling, his work glove became caught in the drill press. A supervisor transported Employee #1 to the Orthopedic Institute (a hand repair center) for treatment of an amputation of his right middle finger.

Keywords: rotating parts, amputated, finger, glove, work rules, point of operation, drill press

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	305479271			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Laborers, except construction

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