Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 103511.015 - Employee is caught by grinder and suffers multiple injuries

Accident Summary Nr: 103511.015 -- Report ID: 0418300 -- Event Date: 02/20/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1298627.015	02/28/2018		331511	American Cast Iron Pipe Company

Abstract: At 11:45 p.m. on February 20, 2018, an employee had started the Veto grinder machine and reached up to pull the grinder handle down to grind a 3 foot section of an 8 inch pipe. The employee was struck when the air cylinder grinder fell down and caught his hand between the grinding rock and the pipe. The employee amputated his right hand's index finger above the first knuckle, scored a deep laceration, an abrasion on the same finger, and scored a second abrasion on his middle finger. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Abrasion, Amputated, Amputation, Caught By, Falling Object, Finger, Grinder, Grinding Machine, Laceration, Struck By

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1298627.015	27	M	Hospitalized injury		Grinding, abrading, buffing & polishing mach. op's

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