Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170588727 - Employee's finger lacerated in horizontal slitter

Accident Summary Nr: 170588727 -- Report ID: 0950635 -- Event Date: 04/01/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120325923	04/08/1996	3086	0	Foam Craft Inc

Abstract: At approximately 8:30 a.m. on April 1, 1996, Employee #1, of Foam Craft, Inc., was working at a Femco horizontal slitter. His duties involved loading and unloading foam stacks on the carousel, spraying the moving blade, and separating the skin from the tops of the foam stacks on the carousel. As Employee #1 was separating the skins from the top of the stacks near the moving cutter blade, he lowered his right hand and it contacted the blade. A piece of flesh was torn from his ring finger and he was taken to La Palma Intercommunity Hospital for treatment. There was no guard in place to prevent Employee #1 from touching the moving blade. Foam Craft processes foam material for the furniture industry,

Keywords: FINGER, WORK RULES, LACERATION, SLITTER, BLADE, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120325923			Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.

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