Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170066419 - Employee's fingers crushed in injection molder mold

Accident Summary Nr: 170066419 -- Report ID: 0352410 -- Event Date: 03/09/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119553659	03/14/1995	3089	0	Plastic Injection Command, Inc

Abstract: Employee #1, who works for a plastics manufacturer, was removing a jam in the runner. He accidentally hit, with his stomach, the limit switch that triggered the mold to close. The employee did not realize that the mold was closing until it caught his left hand. Employee did not de-energize the injection molder before removing the jam. Nor did the employee receive any type of lockout/tagout training from the employer.

Keywords: REPAIR, MOLDING MACHINE, WORK RULES, JAMMED, LOCKOUT, PLASTIC MFG, STRUCK BY, UNTRAINED, HAND, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119553659			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Molding and casting machine operators

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