Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200962520 - Employee's foot amputated when caught in roller cylinder

Accident Summary Nr: 200962520 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 12/05/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302304779	12/08/1998	2752	0	S & S Graphics, Llc

Abstract: At the end of a work shift on Saturday morning, Employee #1 and coworkers were washing off the cylinders of a Heidelberg 102-S six-color printing press. Employee #1 was standing in the designated area on the catwalk for the press when he slipped. His foot passed through a 14 in. by 25 in. opening in the safety gate where a section of the guard had been removed about seven years earlier. It became caught in the in-running roller cylinders and was partially amputated. Employee #1's foot sustained severe damage and it had to be surgically amputated above the ankle.

Keywords: PRINTING PRESS, AMPUTATED, WORK RULES, CLEANING, SLIP, ROLLER--MACH/PART, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CATWALK, UNGUARDED, FOOT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	302304779			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Printing machine operators

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