Accident: 201791043 - Arm Amputated When Caught In Calender

On November 7, 1995, Employee #1 was hired by Mitchell Rubber Products as a quality assurance inspector. One day a week he worked as a machine operator on a calender used to process rubber products. On May 27, 1997, Employee #1 was manually stretching a rubber fabric to provide tension and to keep out wrinkles when his fingers became caught in the fabric and his right hand and arm were pulled into the calender. A coworker heard him scream and immediately shut off the machine and released the tension on the rollers so that Employee #1 could free his arm. Employee #1 sustained injuries that resulted in surgical amputation of his right arm above the elbow.

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Accident: 170886089 - Hand Injured When Caught In Calender Rollers

Employee #1 was feeding paper into some calender rolls when his hand became caught in the nip point of the rollers. He had not been using extension tools.

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Accident: 170570832 - Hand Injured When Caught Between Rollers

Employee #1 was feeding polyester yarn into the roller on the back side of a rebeamer machine after cleaning the roller. In normal job mode, the Italian-made VL rebeamer machine, SPA model TIP-85C, serial #0010, ran 393.70 feet per minute and was powered by a 50 HP motor. The 6 in. diameter by 11 ft 5 in. long calendar rollers were separated from the 9 in. diameter by 11 ft 5 in. roller below by an approximately 1/4 to 1/2 in. gap. As the polyester yarn was winding through them before it was gathered onto the beam, Employee #1's right hand became caught between the rollers and was crushed. She suffered fractures of her hand and fingers. Employee #1 had not replaced the removable roller guard on the machine after cleaning the rollers. The machine was fitted with a LIMIT KILL switch after the accident.

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Accident: 171048119 - Fractures Arm Caught In Calender Windup

Employee #1's glove was caught in the bite of the calender windup. He was pulled in, resulting in a broken arm and injured liver. His foot caught the safety wire before he was injured further.

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Accident: 170189682 - Arm Crushed In Dry Calender Rollers

At approximately 7:00 a.m. on May 20, 1991, Employee #1 was assigned to help control running paper from the wet calender rollers of a paper machine during a paper breakage. He was standing between the wet and the dry calender rollers, which were about 14 ft away, and had his back about 3 ft from the dry calender rollers. Employee #1 was pulling down and thrashing the on-coming paper when a loose end of paper ran past him and became caught in the dry calender rollers. Employee #1 turned sideways to chop off the paper with his right hand when he lost his footing, slipped, and fell. As he was falling, his right hand became caught in the nip point of the rollers and was pulled in. He sustained serious crushing injuries that required hospitalization. The unguarded nip point of the 18 in. diameter king rollers and the 16 in. diameter queen rollers was located about 3 ft above floor level.

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