Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 122692.015 - Employee suffers fracture when hand is caught in rollers

Accident Summary Nr: 122692.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 11/14/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1448364.015	12/20/2019		812331	West Michigan Shared Hospital Laundry

Abstract: At 11:30 a.m. on November 14, 2019, an employee was working for a firm that supplied linens to a consortium of hospitals. He was verifying the cross-fold adjustments on the facility's blanket folder number 8, a Jenson blanket folder. With his right hand, he reached in to move a blanket out of the way that was obstructing his view. His hand was approximately 1 in. (25 mm) away from the blanket, apparently, when it was caught in an 0.25 in. (6 mm) opening between two pinch rollers located above the opening. His right hand was pulled into the rollers, and he suffered an open fracture to his forearm or wrist. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: Adjust, Arm, Blind Reaching, Broken Bone, Caught Between, Caught In, Forearm, Fracture, Hand, Machine operator, Nip Point, Obstructed View, Pulled In, Reach, Reaching, Roller--Mach/Part, Wrist

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1448364.015	34	M	Hospitalized injury

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