Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 1000835 - Employee's fingers amputated after being crushed in mangle

Accident Summary Nr: 1000835 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 06/08/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18547307	09/07/1988	2211	0	Stonecutter Mills Corporation

Abstract: Employee #1 was operating a textile mangle when he attempted to straighten out the selvage of a piece of cloth. He lost his balance and grabbed the moving cloth, which pulled his right hand and fingers into the moving rubber coated rollers of the mangle. All four fingers on Employee #1's right hand were crushed and later had to be surgically amputated.

Keywords: FINGER, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, ROLLER--MACH/PART, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, NIP POINT, LOST BALANCE, HAND

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18547307			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Miscellaneous textile machine operators

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