Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14296446 - Employee's thumb tips lacerated when caught in press

Accident Summary Nr: 14296446 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 07/18/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18851634	07/18/1986	2393	0	C. R. Daniels Co., Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was operating an eyeletting machine, model F, serial #2602, installing grommets into canvas tarpaulins. Her thumbs were in a 1/2 in. opening between the ring guard and the lower die when the machine cycled, lacerating the tips of her thumbs. The employer had installed a ring guard on the machine in an attempt to guard the point of operation; however, when the guard was in its full down position the 1/2 in. opening remained.

Keywords: DIE, GUARD, WORK RULES, THUMB, LACERATION, POINT OF OPERATION, PRESS OPERATOR, PRESS

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18851634			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.

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