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Accident Summary Nr: 170695985 - EMPLOYEE'S THUMB CAUGHT BETWEEN PRINTING ROLLS

Accident Summary Nr: 170695985 -- Report ID: 0950645 -- Event Date: 09/13/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119915676	09/29/1993	3089	0	Lindamar Industries

Abstract: AT ABOUT 4:00 P.M. ON SEPTEMBER 13, 1993, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS SETTING UP A PRINTING PRESS TO PRINT ONTO PLASTIC BAGS. HE WAS UP ON A SMALL LADDER CHECKING THE PRINTING AS THE PRESS WAS RUNNING. HE HAD A RAG IN HIS LEFT HAND. AS HE WENT TO MOVE THE TEMPORARY LIGHT, HE MOVED HIS LEFT HAND AND THE RAG GOT CAUGHT IN THE PRINTING ROLLS AND PULLED HIS HAND IN. HIS THUMB WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE ROLLS. THERE WAS A GUARD ON THIS AREA BUT IT HAD A 1 1/2-INCH OPENING AND WAS CLOSE TO THE NIP POINT OF THE IN-RUNNING ROLLS. THIS OPENING WAS LARGE ENOUGH TO ALLOW HIS FINGERS TO ENTER. A SERIOUS CITATION WAS ISSUED.

Keywords: PRINTING PRESS, WORK RULES, THUMB, ROLLER--MACH/PART, CAUGHT BETWEEN, NIP POINT, PRESS OPERATOR

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119915676			Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Printing machine operators

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