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Accident Summary Nr: 170605893 - EMPLOYEE'S FINGERS CAUGHT UNDER COIL OF SHEET METAL

Accident Summary Nr: 170605893 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 09/13/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
112043807	09/15/1993	3444	0	Alumax Building Product, Inc

Abstract: AT APPROXIMATELY 12:00 P.M. ON SEPTEMBER 13, 1993, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ATTEMPTING TO ROLL A COIL OF ALUMINUM METAL OUT OF A STORAGE AREA TO HAVE A LIFT TRUCK PICK UP THE MATERIAL AND PLACE IT ON A HOLDING DEVICE. AS SHE WAS ROLLING THE MATERIAL ACROSS THE FLOOR, SHE TRIPPED OVER THE MOUNTING PLATE OF THE HANDLING DEVICE AND FELL. APPARENTLY EMPLOYEE #1 CAUSED THE COIL TO BECOME UNBALANCED AND TO TIP OVER, LANDING ON HER HAND AND FINGERS. THE COIL OF ALUMINUM WEIGHED APPROXIMATELY 1,500 POUNDS. EMPLOYEE #1 JERKED HER HAND FROM UNDER THE COIL, SCRAPING THE SKIN AND TISSUE FROM THREE FINGERS OF HER RIGHT HAND.

Keywords: SHEET METAL, FINGER, CAUGHT BETWEEN, TRIPPED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	112043807			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Rolling machine operators

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