Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 140299.015 - Employee's hand is crushed by falling part

Accident Summary Nr: 140299.015 -- Report ID: 0524500 -- Event Date: 10/11/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1558739.015	10/19/2021		332999	Titan Wheel Corporation Of Illinois

Abstract: At 1:20 p.m. on October 11, 2021, an employee was changing a die on a roll forming machine, he was sliding the die out of the machine onto a boom attachment on a forklift that was parked on a small ramp with the brake set. A coworker was in the cab of the forklift. The employee did not see that there was a gap between the boom and the shaft of the machine, and the die fell. His hand was smashed between the die and a lower shaft on the machine. The employee was hospitalized to treat fractured bones in his hand.

Keywords: Crushed, Crushing, Die, Falling Object, Forklift, Fracture, Hand

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1558739.015	35	M	Hospitalized injury		Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.

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