Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170380513 - Employee's fingers injured in molding machine

Accident Summary Nr: 170380513 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 01/09/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125502245	01/14/1997	2431	0	Windsor Mill

Abstract: Employee #1 and a coworker were employed full time for a manufacturer of wood trim molding and hand rails used in construction. They were at the infeed bed in the molder shed, changing the cutting heads on a Weinig Hydromat 17BL multi-head molder machine. Employee #1 was cleaning the area around the moving cutting head when his right middle finger was amputated at the second joint, and his right index finger sustained deep lacerations. He was not using extension tools at the time of the accident.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, MOLDING MACHINE, ROTATING KNIFE, WORK RULES, CLEANING, LACERATION, EXTENSION HANDLE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125502245			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Machine operators, not specified

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