Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 121788.015 - Employee lacerates finger pad on falling spool of yarn

Accident Summary Nr: 121788.015 -- Report ID: 0729300 -- Event Date: 10/31/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1445545.015	11/04/2019		326220	Gates Rubber Company

Abstract: At 6:00 a.m. on October 31, 2019, an employee was loading a 20-pound spool of yarn onto a knitting machine. The employee dropped the spool, and it became caught on the employee's left middle finger pad, requiring skin grafts. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Caught By, Dropped, Falling Object, Finger, Laceration, Loading, Machine operator

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1445545.015	25	M	Hospitalized injury		Operations & systems researchers and analysts

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