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Accident Summary Nr: 14480693 - EMPLOYEE'S HAND PULLED INTO NIP POINT OF PAPER ROLLERS

Accident Summary Nr: 14480693 -- Report ID: 0214200 -- Event Date: 05/13/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100873256	05/14/1987	2752	0	L.P. Thebault Co.

Abstract: AT 2:20 PM ON MAY 13, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1, A "HAND WORKER" FOR A COMMERCIAL PRINTING COMPANY, REACHED INTO THE EXITING CARRIER ROLLERS OF A MODEL B-22 "STAHL" #4 BUCKLE FOLDER MACHINE WITH HER LEFT HAND. SHE WAS TRYING TO REMOVE WASTE PAPER JAMMED BETWEEN THE EXPOSED NIP POINTS OF THE ROLLERS. HER FINGERS TOUCHED THE UNGUARDED IN-RUNNING ROLLERS AND WERE PULLED INTO THE NIP POINT LOCATED 36 INCHES ABOVE THE WORK FLOOR. THE COMPANY HAD NO SYSTEM IN PLACE TO PREVENT EMPLOYEE CONTACT WITH THESE IN-RUNNING ROLLERS.

Keywords: FINGER, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, ROLLER CONVEYOR, JAMMED, LOCKOUT, ROLLER--MACH/PART, NIP POINT, HAND

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100873256			Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported

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