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Accident Summary Nr: 201142650 - Employee's fingers amputated when hand caught in rollers

Accident Summary Nr: 201142650 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 05/14/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300854890	05/15/2002	3399	0	Usa Industries

Abstract: At about 1:00 a.m. on May 14, 2002, Employee #1 was threading a wire through feed rollers of the Wire Mesh Machine Number 3, as part of a setting-up operation, when his left hand was caught in the rollers. As a result, three fingers on Employee #1's left hand were amputated and the fourth, little finger, sustained a deep laceration. Employee #1 was treated at Riverside Community Hospital.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, THREADING MACHINE, FINGER, ROLLER--MACH/PART, CAUGHT BETWEEN, LACERATION, HAND

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300854890			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Misc. metal,plastic,stone&glass-working mach. op's

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