Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 119846.015 - Employee's fingers are crushed by pipe grooving machine

Accident Summary Nr: 119846.015 -- Report ID: 0953220 -- Event Date: 09/12/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1430741.015	09/13/2019		238220	Hansen Mechanical Contractors, Inc.

Abstract: At 11:30 a.m. on September 12, 2019, an employee was kneeling down to feel the groove on a steel pipe. The employee was using a VE 436 MC Victaulic pipe grooving machine, Serial Number 043709. The employee reached for the grooves on the edge of an 8 inch by 29 inch steel pipe. The employee's left hand was caught in between the upper and lower rollers. The employee was wearing the appropriate PPE. The employee sustained multiple fractures on the left index, middle, and ring fingers and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Caught Between, Crushed, Finger, Fracture, Metal Pipe, PPE, Roller--Mach/Part

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1430741.015	25	F	Hospitalized injury		Plumber, pipefitter and steamfiter apprentices

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