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Accident Summary Nr: 200532174 - Employee's Finger-Tip Is Amputated in Printing Machine

Accident Summary Nr: 200532174 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 04/01/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312144389	04/22/2008	2732	323117	R.R. Donnelley Printing Company L.P.

Abstract: On April 1, 2008, Employee #1 was working on a Muller Martini type 3614 printing machine (finishing line #2). At approximately 9:21 p.m. Employee #1 proceeded to remove a paper jam at the "rejecter" on the above mentioned equipment. The guarding was interlocked but had been previously bypassed. The interlock was mounted on the inside of the guarding and not visible from where Employee #1 was working. When Employee #1 removed the paper jam, the lift for the "rejecter" came down, shearing the tip of Employee #1's left ring finger.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, GUARD, INTERLOCK, JAMMED, NIP POINT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	312144389			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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