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Accident Summary Nr: 97991.015 - Employee's finger is amputated between rollers of running ma

Accident Summary Nr: 97991.015 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 02/22/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1217508.015	03/10/2017		333120	Western Equipment Manufacturing Inc

Abstract: At approximately 8:00 a.m. on February 22, 2017, Employee #1 was operating a wire forming machine. He stopped the machine by pressing the emergency stop button in response to an unusual noise, indicative of a stuck piece of wire, he heard. After removing the stuck piece and de-activating the emergency stop, Employee #1 proceeded to reload new metal wire into the machine. He was using his left hand to toggle the go and stop button while using his gloved right hand to position and load the new wire into the machine. The third jog function button of the machine was not in operation. His right hand was caught between a set of running rollers and his right hand thumb and index finger were crushed and amputated. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputation, Caught Between, Caught In, Crushing, Finger, Glove, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Roller--Mach/Part, Wire Drawing Machine

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1217508.015	46	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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