Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 143024.015 - Employee clearing jam bruises hand when caught in punch moun

Accident Summary Nr: 143024.015 -- Report ID: 0214500 -- Event Date: 01/21/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1574177.015	01/24/2022		311412	Dr. Praeger'S Purely Sensible Foods, Inc.

Abstract: At 7:30 p.m. on January 21, 2022, an employee was working on a product line when a box got stuck in the SwitchBack Tray Former machine. The employee tried reaching into the machine to free the box when he caught his hand in the punch mount. The employee incurred bruising and contusions to his left hand, requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Catch Point, Caught By, Contusion, Energized, Finger, Forming Machine, Guard, Hand, Jammed, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Multi-employer Worksite, Multiemployer, Punch Press, Reaching, Unguarded, Work Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1574177.015	20	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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