Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170706691 - Employee fractures arm in dye machine rollers

Accident Summary Nr: 170706691 -- Report ID: 0950642 -- Event Date: 06/06/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119861060	08/05/1993	2261	0	Colortex Dyeing Finishing Inc

Abstract: On June 5, 1993, Employee #1 was manually unloading a Burlington atmospheric strand dye machine, serial #4B 188, by unwrapping the end of the cloth from the string guide. As he did this, his hand became caught in the feed rolls inside the machine. The dye machine, in operation at the time, has two 30 inch by 36 inch side openings into which the cloth is manually fed and from which it is retrieved. There are no guarding or interlock devices to prevent a worker from inadvertently coming in contact with the rotating rolls/pinch points inside the machine.

Keywords: ROTATING PARTS, WORK RULES, INTERLOCK, ROLLER--MACH/PART, CAUGHT BETWEEN, DYE MACHINE, ARM, NIP POINT, HAND, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119861060			Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Miscellaneous textile machine operators

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