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Accident Summary Nr: 95484.015 - Employee is pulled into a boring machine and suffers multipl

Accident Summary Nr: 95484.015 -- Report ID: 0112000 -- Event Date: 05/11/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1231987.015	05/11/2017		321999	Carris Reels Of Connecticut

Abstract: At 4:15 p.m. on May 11, 2017, an employee was using a boring machine to drill holes in a wooden reel flange. The employee pushed the drilled reel flange further into the equipment before the drill bits stopped moving. The employee's jacket sleeve was caught in a rotating drill bit and his hand and arm were pulled into the equipment. The employee sustained a serious laceration injury to the left thumb/palm and possible broken bones in the left arm.

Keywords: Arm, Boring Machine, Caught In, Crushing, Drill Press, Fracture, Hand, Laceration, Thumb

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1231987.015	40	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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