Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 735746 - Employee's arm twisted by spinning metal bar

Accident Summary Nr: 735746 -- Report ID: 0452110 -- Event Date: 12/04/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
2788743	12/12/1984	3452	0	Kentucky Birmingham Bolt Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 was operating a swagging machine. He was putting the ends of steel reinforcing bars into the machine to reduce the diameters of the ends prior to threading them. One of the rollers in the machine broke, apparently causing the bar, which was being hand-fed, to rotate and catch the employee's glove and then his shirt sleeve. His arm twisted to the extent that it later had to be surgically amputated.

Keywords: CLOTHING, ROTATING PARTS, AMPUTATED, GLOVE, CAUGHT BY, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, ROLLER--MACH/PART

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	2788743			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Extruding and forming machine operators

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