Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170683924 - Employee catches hand between bit and grinding wheel

Accident Summary Nr: 170683924 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 11/11/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
105635619	11/13/1991	3533	0	Homco International

Abstract: Employee #1 reached over to adjust a water stream that cools the work. Inadvertently, he caught his hand between the bit and the grinding wheel, causing some removal of skin and bone from his left thumb and medial skin removal from his index finger.

Keywords: FINGER, THUMB, CAUGHT BETWEEN, LACERATION, POINT OF OPERATION, GRINDING WHEEL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	105635619			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Misc. metal,plastic,stone&glass-working mach. op's

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