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Accident Summary Nr: 135001.015 - Employee amputates left arm and right hand while operating l

Accident Summary Nr: 135001.015 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 04/19/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1526522.015	04/20/2021		312111	Nor-Cal Beverage Co., Inc.

Abstract: At 8:03 p.m. on April 19, 2021, an employee was performing maintenance on a conveyor and removed a shaft to replace its bearings. While cleaning the shaft using a lathe, the employee was wearing gloves and using a strip of sandpaper to polish the spinning shaft. The gloves became entangled in the rotating shaft, pulling the employee's hands into the lathe. The employee suffered amputations of the left arm below the elbow and the right hand, including four fingers. The employee was hospitalized for treatment.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Arm, Elbow, Engine Lathe, Finger, Fingertip, Hand, Lathe, Metal Lathe, Pulled In

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1526522.015	68	M	Hospitalized injury		Machinery maintenance occupations

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