Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170733711 - Employee's fingers crushed in press machine

Accident Summary Nr: 170733711 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 04/29/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
112229893	05/06/1994	2653	0	Mercury Dye And Container

Abstract: At approximately 10:45 p.m. on April 29, 1994, Employee #1, of Mercury Die and Container, was loading a printing die/roll into a Flexo 1600 machine in the press department when the machine was not running. During the set up operation, the die fell when the machine was suddenly activated. Employee #1's right fingers were crushed in the rollers. According to management, Employee #1 did not lock out the machine, and ignored a posted caution sign. Employee #1 could not be contacted by phone, and his helper, who was with him at the time of the accident, was not available during the inspection.

Keywords: DIE, FINGER, WORK RULES, LOCKOUT, ROLLER--MACH/PART, CRUSHED, PRESS

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	112229893			Hospitalized injury	Other	Rolling machine operators

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