Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170194427 - Employee Injured When Hand Caught In Rotating Spindle

Accident Summary Nr: 170194427 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 07/12/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
112032719	07/31/1990	3499	0	E-Z Metal Products, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 4:16 p.m. on July 12, 1990, Employee #1 was picking up material and debris from the floor around an operating plumber's tape machine. The plumbing tape was being wound on an unguarded, recoilless spindle. Employee #1 turned toward the machine and was waiting for the tape to finish winding when his left glove became caught in the pinch point. His index finger was crushed and he sustained a compound fracture of his forearm from the twisting action of the machine.

Keywords: clothing, fracture, rotating parts, finger, glove, work rules, caught by, crushed, arm, unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	112032719			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Extruding and forming machine operators

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