Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170733661 - Employee's hand amputated in roller

Accident Summary Nr: 170733661 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 03/02/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119857209	03/03/1993	3471	0	Coast To Coast Metal

Abstract: At 1:55 p.m. on March 2, 1993, Employee #1 was buffing a metal rim on a buff polish machine. The machine's roller was fully exposed due to the lack of a guard. The buffer wheel caught Employee #1's watch band and pulled his hand against the metal rim that he was buffing. The metal rim cut off his hand at the wrist. He was rushed to Alhambra County Hospital for medical treatment, where he was being treated as of March 5, 1993.

Keywords: CLOTHING, WHEEL, AMPUTATED, CAUGHT BY, ROLLER--MACH/PART, HAND, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119857209			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Misc. metal & plastic processing machine operators

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