Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200523298 - Employee injured when head caught by molding machine

Accident Summary Nr: 200523298 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 01/23/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303737779	02/12/2001	3086	0	Purethane Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 reached into an unguarded, operating, job-built machine while attempting to reposition a pour plug on a foam mold. Employee #1's head became caught between a mold, moving on a carousel table, and a stationary appliance used to close the molds. Employee #1 suffered a laceration to the left side of the head just above the ear and bruising to both sides of his head, but was not hospitalized.

Keywords: HEAD, CAUGHT BETWEEN, LACERATION, MOLD, CONTUSION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	303737779			Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Molding and casting machine operators

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