Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201150588 - Employee's thumb tip amputated in wire drawing machine

Accident Summary Nr: 201150588 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 02/07/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119957454	02/14/1997	3315	0	Industrial Wire Products Corporation

Abstract: At approximately 5:15 a.m. on February 7, 1997, Employee #1 was cleaning the bull block of a D-8 wire drawing machine when he inadvertently amputated the distal end of his right thumb. Employee #1 was transported to Loma Linda University Medical Center, where he was treated and released.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, CLEANING, CAUGHT BY, THUMB, WIRE DRAWING MACHINE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119957454			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Misc. metal & plastic processing machine operators

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