GUILFORD, CONNECTICUT—
Rea Magnet Wire Company, Inc.
Entangled in other object or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Rea Magnet Wire Company, Inc., 129 Soundview Road, GUILFORD, CONNECTICUT 06437 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was placing the wire from a capstan onto the empty take-off spool of a mill machine when the employee's left index fingertip was caught in the wire and amputated.
More severe injuries at Rea Magnet Wire Company, Inc.
GUILFORD, CONNECTICUT—
Rea Magnet Wire Company, Inc.
An employee was setting up a three-stand mill machine. As he placed his right hand on the block, his left hand pressed the jog forward button instead of the tension off button, causing the block to rotate counterclockwise and amputate his right middle and ring fingertips. The jog button was unguarded at the time.
GUILFORD, CONNECTICUT—
Rea Magnet Wire Company, Inc.
A maintenance employee was troubleshooting a machine when his right middle and ring fingertips were amputated by the machine's unguarded chains and sprockets.
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