Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 118760.015 - Employee amputates two fingers in printing press cylinders

Accident Summary Nr: 118760.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 07/23/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1421084.015	08/08/2019		511110	Detroit Media Partnership Dba Michigan.Com

Abstract: At 3:45 p.m. on July 23, 2019, an employee was loading a blanket into an energized printing press. The employee placed his fingers between the upper and lower cylinders while feeding the blanket when the machine cycled and caught his fingers in the moving parts. The employee amputated two fingers and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Cylinder, Finger, Insufficient Supervision, Lack of Work Procedures, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Pinched, Point Of Operation, Press Cylinder, Printing, Printing Press, Supervision, Training

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1421084.015	54	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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