Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200820355 - Employee's hand injured when caught by mill head

Accident Summary Nr: 200820355 -- Report ID: 0521400 -- Event Date: 08/23/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
113460141	09/21/1999	3999	0	Brk Brands Inc

Abstract: Employee #1, a machine operator, was cleaning chips out of a mill head without locking out the machinery. Her right hand contacted the mill head and she sustained multiple tendon injuries, a severe wrist laceration, and a fractured scaphoid bone.

Keywords: FRACTURE, WORK RULES, CLEANING, STRUCK AGAINST, CAUGHT BY, LOCKOUT, MILLING MACHINE, LACERATION, HAND, WRIST

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	113460141			Hospitalized injury	Strain/Sprain	Machine operators, not specified

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