Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170722508 - Employee injures fingers when caught in roller

Accident Summary Nr: 170722508 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 11/16/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125864124	01/03/1996	3444	0	Noll Manufacturing Company

Abstract: Employee #1, a production worker/operator, was working in the shear department of a manufacturer of sheet metal products. In the afternoon, a coworker, the assistant lead person, showed Employee #1 how to adjust the 10-foot roller using the four adjustment bolts. The coworker went to the end of the roller to test the set-up by turning it on. Employee #1 had his right hand resting on the roller and it was caught when the roller moved. Two of his fingers were crushed and two other fingers were fractured, for which he was hospitalized.

Keywords: SHEARING MACHINE, FRACTURE, FINGER, WORK RULES, ROLLER--MACH/PART, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, NIP POINT, SET UP, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125864124			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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