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Central States Manufacturing

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — LOWELL, ARKANSAS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Central States Manufacturing in LOWELL, ARKANSAS
Employer Central States Manufacturing Report ID 2015042481
Address 302 Jane Place City, State ZIP LOWELL, ARKANSAS 72745
Event Date April 30, 2015 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Hand(s), unspecified
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Rolling mills, rolling, calendering machinery
Industry (NAICS) 332322 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 36.24000, -94.14000

Incident Narrative

The employer made sheet metal components for building construction materials out of rolled steel. The employee was working at the standing seam line (metal roll former machine) when the strippable wrapped around a die. The employee lifted the guard and clicked the override switch to allow the machine to continue to operate with the guard in the up position. The employee had a pendant control to jog dies and pulled the strippable with the other hand. He reached in and grabbed the strippable and hit the reverse button on the pendant control resulting in the employee's hand being pulled between two dies.

Incident Summary

On April 30, 2015, a worker at Central States Manufacturing in LOWELL, ARKANSAS suffered amputations to the hand(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with rolling mills, rolling, calendering machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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