Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200800472 - Employee Injured When Hand Caught In Printing Press

Accident Summary Nr: 200800472 -- Report ID: 0523300 -- Event Date: 01/08/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303862841	05/23/2001	2721	0	Royle Communications Group, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was webbing-up a printing press at the in-feed while the press was running. Employee #1 lifted the guard with one hand and was feeding the paper to the in-feed roller with the other hand. Employee #1's hand got caught in the in-feed rollers. The guard was interlocked, but the interlock either failed to work properly or the guard was not lifted far enough to trip the interlock. The employee received crushing injuries to his hand but did not require hospitalization.

Keywords: FRACTURE, PRINTING PRESS, PRINTING, GUARD, CAUGHT BY, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, ROLLER--MACH/PART, CRUSHED, HAND

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	303862841			Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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