Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170106132 - Employee's hand crushed in mold press, later amputated

Accident Summary Nr: 170106132 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 03/05/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125343871	04/03/1997	3231	0	Guardian Industries Corp. Guardian Auto Glass

Abstract: At approximately 8:00 p.m. on or about March 5, 1997, Employee #1 went to remove a windshield that had apparently become stuck in a mold press that had opened and stopped. He believed that the light curtain he passed through would prevent the press from starting again until he pushed the RESET button. The operator on the other side of the mold press had switched the controls to manual in an attempt to realign the mold dies to restart the machine in automatic mode. He was not aware of Employee #1's presence. As Employee #1 reached into the die areas to remove the stuck windshield, the operator mistakenly tripped the CLOSE switch and crushed Employee #1's left hand. He was transported to the hospital, where his hand was surgically amputated.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, MOLDING MACHINE, WORK RULES, JAMMED, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, POINT OF OPERATION, COMMUNICATION, HAND

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125343871			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Molding and casting machine operators

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