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Accident Summary Nr: 130827.015 - Employee crushes hand when caught and pulled into printing p

Accident Summary Nr: 130827.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 10/27/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1500536.015	11/02/2020		424410	Hy-Vee Graphics Production

Abstract: On October 27, 2020, an employee working as a laborer for a grocery wholesaler was making adjustments in order to run high gloss paper through a Heidelberg MZOP printing press. The 30-inch by 8-5/8 inch guard over the printing press feed roller was removed to make adjustments to an airline. A key was placed into the safety switch to operate the machine with the guard removed. As the employee was watching the paper feed into the machine, he looked away and went to rest his left hand on the press. His hand was caught and pulled into the unguarded feed rollers where it was stuck between the roller and a bar. With the feed roller only at 50 percent of rotation, a nearby coworker responded and attempted to manually turn the roller with a bar. The attempt failed. The fire department soon arrived on site with extrication equipment to free the employee. The employee was life flighted to the local university hospital and then to another university hospital where he underwent surgery. The employee was hospitalized to treat a crushed hand, including torn tendons and skin.

Keywords: Bypass, Bypass Guard, Catch Point, Caught In, Crushed, Fracture, Hand, Insufficient Supervision, Laceration, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Printer, Printing, Printing Press, Pulled In, Safety Device, Skin, Tendon, Unguarded, Unsafe Position

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1500536.015	31	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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