Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170896369 - Employee's thumb amputated in chain drive of sealing machine

Accident Summary Nr: 170896369 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 05/06/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126130079	05/12/1998	3085	0	Reid Plastic Mfg.

Abstract: Employee #1 was operating a Marq Case sealing machine, model #HPEG-LH/C, serial #Q95063, when he attempted to remove some cardboard that was jamming the machine. The machine cycled and caught Employee #1's glove, whose right thumb was pulled into the chain drive and amputated.

Keywords: CHAIN, CLOTHING, AMPUTATED, GLOVE, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, THUMB, JAMMED, SEALING MACHINE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126130079			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Misc. metal,plastic,stone&glass-working mach. op's

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