Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170826945 - Employee's arm lacerated on broken finger plate

Accident Summary Nr: 170826945 -- Report ID: 0352430 -- Event Date: 09/30/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
127369320	09/04/1996	3399	0	Clendenin Brothers, Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 was correcting a slightly bent finger plate on a nail rolling machine. He placed the plate in a vice and had grabbed the top of the plate to straighten it when the plate broke. Employee #1 lacerated his forearm when it scraped across the broken edge of the plate. He received 14 stitches at a clinic and then, returned to work. There were no written work rules on changing or straightening the finger plates, and personal protective equipment was not an issue. Employee #1 was doing his regularly assigned job.

Keywords: MAINTENANCE, FOREARM, LACERATION, METAL STRIP, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	127369320			Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Machine operators, not specified

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