Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 142284.015 - Employee's hand is crushed in machine rollers

Accident Summary Nr: 142284.015 -- Report ID: 0523300 -- Event Date: 12/16/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1570352.015	12/28/2021		326150	Future Foam, Inc.

Abstract: At 8:00 a.m. on December 16, 2021, an employee, a pour line operator, was operating a pouring machine at a polyurethane carpet pad manufacturer and was starting up the prime comfort pour line. The employee entered an area of the pour deck near rollers, which were not guarded by barriers or other machine guarding, to visually inspect the rollers. While inspecting the rollers, the employee's left hand was caught in and crushed between two moving rollers. The employee was hospitalized to treat crushing injuries to his left hand and fingers and partial degloving.

Keywords: Automatic Machine, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Caught In, Crushed, Degloving, Finger, Hand, Inspecting, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Pouring, Power Roller, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1570352.015	50	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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