Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201120433 - EMPLOYEE INJURED WHEN GLOVE BECOMES ENTANGLED IN MACHINE

Accident Summary Nr: 201120433 -- Report ID: 0950613 -- Event Date: 09/08/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125516401	09/18/1997	3356	0	Memry Corporation

Abstract: Employee #1 was operating swaging equipment, which pounds bars into smaller diameter wires, when the glove on his right hand became entangled with the handles of the pair of tongs used to pull out the bars. Employee #1 suffered a fractured middle finger, which was amputated above the nail.

Keywords: FRACTURE, AMPUTATED, FINGER, GLOVE, ENTANGLED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125516401			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.

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