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Accident Summary Nr: 731539 - FOUR FINGERS AMPUTATED IN POINT OF OPERATION OF MOLD PRESS

Accident Summary Nr: 731539 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 04/13/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101971794	04/22/1986	3089	0	Polymer Engineering, Inc.

Abstract: AT APPROXIMATELY 3:20 PM ON APRIL 13, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A W.T. LAROSE 350 TON HYDRAULIC MOLD PRESS, EQUIPMENT E-3, LOCATED IN THE PRESS ROOM OF POLYMER ENGINEERING INC., US HIGHWAY 421 AND WHITE COUNTY ROAD 100 NORTH, REYNOLDS, INDIANA, 47080. THE MOLDS CLOSED UNEXPECTEDLY, CRUSHING AND AMPUTATING FOUR FINGERS ON HIS LEFT HAND. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PLACING MOLD COMPOUND INTO THE POINT OF OPERATION WHEN THE 'BUMP' TIMER OVERRODE THE CURE TIMER, CAUSING THE MOLD TO CLOSE.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, POINT OF OPERATION, HYDRAULIC PRESS, MOLD, PRESS

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101971794			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Compressing and compacting machine operators

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