Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 119595.015 - Employee cuts and fractures thumb on grinding wheel

Accident Summary Nr: 119595.015 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 04/01/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1393656.015	04/16/2019		333518	Wallner Expac, Inc.

Abstract: At 10:30 a.m. on April 1, 2019, an employee was operating an 18-inch disc grinder to grind the edges of an 8-inch by 4-inch piece of metal. The employee was holding the metal piece at an angle to expose the edges to the spinning disk. The employee was holding the metal piece with two hands on the end opposite of the end making contact with the disc when he lost control of it. When the employee lost control of the metal piece, his hand moved towards the spinning disc and his thumb struck the disc. The employee was hospitalized to treat a laceration and and open fracture of his left thumb.

Keywords: Fracture, Grinder, Grinding Machine, Grinding Wheel, Laceration, Lost Control, Metal Strip, Open Fracture, Struck Against, Thumb

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1393656.015	28	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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