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Accident Summary Nr: 825463 - Employee's fingertip amputated in shear machine mechanism

Accident Summary Nr: 825463 -- Report ID: 0352420 -- Event Date: 09/03/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18846675	09/17/1987	3449	0	Brocker Steel Co.

Abstract: Employee #1 was trying to pull loose a 2 ft length of rebar that was stuck in the roller conveyor of a Kroy shear machine. He placed his left hand on the end of a bend and pulled the rebar with his right hand. As he tried to jog the rebar loose, he caused the tilting table to pinch his left fingertip. The fingertip was later surgically amputated.

Keywords: MAINTENANCE, AMPUTATED, SHEAR, REBAR, FINGER, STUCK, ROLLER CONVEYOR

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18846675			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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