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Accident: 201150091 - Employee'S Finger Amputated By Bit Of Drill Press

**Accident: 201150091 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 01/16/1996**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
119895936	03/01/1996	3714	Texas Wheel Warehouse

At approximately 7:30 p.m. on January 16, 1996, Employee #1's gloved right hand became entangled in the bit of the drill press he was lubricating. He was transported to the hospital, where his right index finger was surgically amputated to the second joint. Employee #1 was hospitalized for less than 40 hours.

Keywords: clothing, maintenance, amputated, finger, glove, work rules, caught by, drill press, entangled, lubricating

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	119895936			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Drilling and boring machine operators

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