Accident: 170719330 - Worker'S Finger Pinched By Falling Wire Bobbin

At about 4:00 p.m. on December 14, 1993, Employee #1 was using a 1-ton overhead crane to place a 500-pound bobbin that contained aluminum wire into a machine that makes wire cable. The bobbin was hanging from two hooks situated on both sides of the bobbin's 3/4-inch rounded lip. To place the bobbin in the machine, Employee #1 had to align the two dog pins on the brake wheel with the two holes in the bobbin. To move the brake wheel, Employee #1 placed his left middle finger in an approximately 1 1/2-inch space between the bobbin and the brake wheel. The bobbin fell off the hooks and pinched his finger between it and the brake wheel. No tool was available to move the brake wheel so that Employee #1 could keep his fingers out of the danger zone.

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Accident: 14470611 - Struck By Bobbin From Wire Closer Machine

ON OCTOBER 15, 1985 EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STANDING AT HIS WIRE ROPE CLOSER MACHINE (NUMBER 423). THE OPERATOR OF A NEARBY CLOSER MACHINE (NUMBER 433) NOTICED THAT A BROKEN WIRE STRAND WAS BEGINNING TO APPEAR ON HIS MACHINE. HE HIT THE EMERGENCY STOP BUTTON, STOPPING CLOSER NUMBER 433. AT THIS TIME, EMPLOYEE #1 STARTED TO WALK TOWARDS THE REAR OF HIS (NUMBER 423) MACHINE. THE BOBBIN FROM NUMBER 6 FLY IN CLOSER MACHINE NUMBER 433 CAME OUT OF THE MACHINE, FLEW APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET THROUGH THE AIR AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE CHEST. HE WAS KILLED INSTANTLY.

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