Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170683213 - Employee's fingers amputated when struck by machine dies

Accident Summary Nr: 170683213 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 07/14/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126747690	07/17/1995	2653	0	Packaging Corp Of America

Abstract: Employee #1 was placing cutting dies and cardboard to be cut on a feed table. The cardboard bounced off the die, so she placed her hand under the machine guard and to hold the cardboard in place as it was being fed into the rollers. Employee #1 was pulled into the machine until her upper arm struck the guard and she was able to extricate. Two of her fingers were amputated.

Keywords: DIE, AMPUTATED, FINGER, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, ROLLER--MACH/PART, POINT OF OPERATION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126747690			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators

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