Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 110934.015 - Employee's finger is caught in moving gear and incurs avulsi

Accident Summary Nr: 110934.015 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 11/05/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1359872.015	11/14/2018		326113	Skc Inc.

Abstract: At 10:00 p.m. on November 5, 2018, Employee #1 was attempting to set the winder-bars into a new roll pattern. One of the winder-bar gears became caught on some debris. The employee tried retrieving the film debris from the track by reaching under the gear drive. A coworker was helping her manually push the forward button to get to the debris. The track arm gear moved forward, pulling the employee's right middle finger into the moving gear. The employee sustained a severe avulsion to her right middle finger.

Keywords: Avulsion, Caught In, Finger, Gear, Lockout

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1359872.015	40	F	Non Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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