Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 124047.015 - Employee injures arm when pulled in to press machine

Accident Summary Nr: 124047.015 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 10/11/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1443426.015	11/06/2019	3443	332313	74290 - Trantech Radiator Products Inc

Abstract: At 9:00 a.m. on October 11, 2019, an employee was trimming and sanding the edges of a plate with a Bliss Niagara Press. As the employee was working on the plate it got stuck inside the machine. The employee reached inside the machine to give the plate a nudge when the setscrew on the rotating vertical shaft caught his left sleeve and pulled him into the machine. A coworker pulled the employee out of the machine. The employee was hospitalized to treat nerve damage to his fingertips and left arm, an infection and a second degree burn.

Keywords: Abrasive Burn, Arm, Caught By, Clothing, Infection, Nerve damage, Press, Pulled In, Reaching, Rotating Parts, Sanding Machine, Set Screw, Stuck

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1443426.015	39	F	Hospitalized injury		Occupation not reported

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