Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200823417 - Employee's Hand Is Crushed and Degloved in Printing Press

Accident Summary Nr: 200823417 -- Report ID: 0521400 -- Event Date: 10/02/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309768885	10/06/2006	2759	323112	Packaging Printing Specialists, Inc.

Abstract: On October 2, 2006, Employee #1 was operating an 18-in. wide, 8-color flexographic printing press. When the web broke, Employee #1 tried to assist the web through the press with his hands, while the press was running. He had slowed the press down to jog mode, but did not stop the press. Employee #1 was injured when his left hand became caught in the unguarded, in-going nip point between the rollers at the exit end of the press. His hand was crushed, and the skin on the palm side of the hand was torn off. The employer did not have an established safe work procedure for employees to follow in the event of a web break. Employee #1 was not hospitalized.

Keywords: PRINTING PRESS, PRINTING, WORK RULES, DEGLOVED, LOCKOUT, ROLLER--MACH/PART, CRUSHED, NIP POINT, HAND

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	309768885			Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Printing machine operators

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