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Accident: 201636032 - Employee Amputates Thumb While Operating Drill Press

**Accident: 201636032 -- Report ID: 1054111 -- Event Date: 05/11/2006**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
309829794	05/15/2006	4911	Portland General Electric Company

At approximately 8:45 a.m. on May 11, 2006, Employee #1 was drilling a piece of aluminum with a Salberga drill press. He was wearing leather gloves. As Employee #1 placed a piece of aluminum under the drill bit and began drilling, the glove on his left hand became tangled in the drill bit. Employee #1 was hospitalized and treated for an amputated left thumb.

Keywords: amputated, finger, machine operator, welder, thumb, caught between, drill press

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	309829794			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Welders and cutters

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