Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14516983 - EMPLOYEE'S HAND CRUSHED IN MOLDING MACHINE

Accident Summary Nr: 14516983 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 03/18/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101272938	11/13/1987	3089	0	Sewell Plastics, Inc.

Abstract: AT APPROXIMATELY 4 PM ON MARCH 18, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING THREE UNILOY, MODEL 4011 BLOW MOLDING MACHINES. ONE OF THE MACHINES APPARENTLY HAD EXCESS PLASTIC ON THE BOTTOM OF THE MOLDS, SO EMPLOYEE #1 REACHED INTO THE MOLD AREA FROM BENEATH THE MACHINE TO PULL OUT THE PLASTIC. HE DID NOT SHUT OFF THE MACHINE. WHILE HIS HAND WAS IN THE MOLD AREA, THE MACHINE CYCLED. THE MOLD CLOSED ON HIS HAND, CRUSHING IT. THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED MULTIPLE FRACTURES AND LACERATIONS TO THE RIGHT HAND.

Keywords: DIE, FRACTURE, MOLDING MACHINE, CRUSHED, LACERATION, POINT OF OPERATION, HAND

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101272938			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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