Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 141078.015 - Employee fractures fingers when hand is caught in machine

Accident Summary Nr: 141078.015 -- Report ID: 0830600 -- Event Date: 11/02/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1563583.015	11/10/2021		327211	Hartung Glass Industries, Inc.

Abstract: At 6:00 p.m. on November 2, 2021, an employee was working as a laborer for a firm that manufactured flat glass. She was operating a machine to manufacture a glass shower door. A sensor broke off from the glass manufacturing machine. Without first locking out the machine or deenergizing it, she placed her right hand into the machine to fix the sensor. The machine backed up onto her right hand, breaking her fourth (ring finger) and fifth (small finger) metacarpal bones. A coworker near her station slammed on the stop switch and helped her free her hand. She was hospitalized.

Keywords: Caught By, Caught In, Finger, Fracture, Hand, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine operator, Reach, Reaching, Sensor

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1563583.015	24	F	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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