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Accident Summary Nr: 114662.015 - Employee's ring finger is crushed while removing roller on p

Accident Summary Nr: 114662.015 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 03/16/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1386897.015	03/21/2019		322212	Westrock Company Of Texas

Abstract: At 12:30 a.m. on March 16, 2019, Employee # 1 was assisting a coworker, a maintenance employee, in removing a roller on the Fischer & Krecke Web Press machine. The roller frame moved up and caught Employee # 1's ring finger between the stopper block and the roller frame. Employee #1's ring finger was crushed in the incident. Employee # 1's right ring finger was surgically amputated. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Caught In, Crushed, Finger, Hand, Press, Roller--Mach/Part

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1386897.015	31	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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