Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 14460398 - Employee's fingers injured in offset press rollers
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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14856520 | 03/04/1985 | 2759 | 0 | Bell Printing Inc |
Abstract: Employee #1 was cleaning lint from the ink rollers of a Harborberg offset press, a duty he performed several times a day. He lost his balance, and as he tried to steady himself, his left hand became caught between the operating ink rollers. He called to a coworker, who shut off the power and called an ambulance. The coworker tried to extricate Employee #1's fingers from the machine, but failed. Medical technicians removed the rollers, releasing the fingers. Part of Employee #1's left thumb was amputated and the bones splintered in three other fingers. Employee #1 had been a full-time pressman for another employer for 13 years, and had been working part-time as a pressman with this company for 4 months. He stated that he had been trained in safety procedures and knew what was safe and what was not. Employee #1 also indicated that guards were not in place on the machine on the day he was injured. The machine had a jog and/or inch method built-in that should have prevented the continuous rapid rotation of the rollers during cleaning.
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 14856520 | Non Hospitalized injury | Amputation | Printing machine operators |