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Ulbrich Shape Wire

Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. — Amputations — NORTH HAVEN, CONNECTICUT

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Ulbrich Shape Wire in NORTH HAVEN, CONNECTICUT
Employer Ulbrich Shape Wire Report ID 2018087922
Address 55 Defco Park Rd City, State ZIP NORTH HAVEN, CONNECTICUT 06473
Event Date August 3, 2018 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. Source of Injury Rolling mills, rolling, calendering machinery
Industry (NAICS) 331222 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 41.41000, -72.84000

Incident Narrative

An employee was setting up a rolling mill. Once he properly sized the wire, he went to cut the nonconforming wire off. At this point, the machine was stopped and he released the tension. He held the loose material in his left hand and went to reach for his snips. As he was holding the material, tension was engaged, he felt a pinch of his left ring finger and instinctively pulled his hand away. As he did so he sustained a partial amputation to his left ring finger.

Incident Summary

On August 3, 2018, a worker at Ulbrich Shape Wire in NORTH HAVEN, CONNECTICUT suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c., with rolling mills, rolling, calendering machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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