Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170699144 - Employee injures hand with machine cutting blade

Accident Summary Nr: 170699144 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 10/14/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119963551	12/09/1992	2789	0	Golden State Converting

Abstract: Employee #1 is a machine operator on a paper slitter and rewinder. He was changing a full roll of paper by slitting the paper by hand using a machine cutter blade. The cutting blade is a 6 inch circular blade with a large arbor hole in the center and is used by the machine to automatically cut the paper. Employee #1 grasped the blade with his right hand and with his fingers through the arbor hole, cutting both flesh and tendons. He was hospitalized for three days for surgical repair of his injuries.

Keywords: TENDON, WORK RULES, LACERATION, SLITTER, BLADE, PAPER MACHINE, HAND

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119963551			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Slicing and cutting machine operators

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