Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201039807 - Employee Crushes Fingertip Between Machine and Drywall

Accident Summary Nr: 201039807 -- Report ID: 0950635 -- Event Date: 12/19/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309908127	01/24/2008	3275	327420	National Gypsum Company

Abstract: At 3:20 a.m. on December 19, 2007, Employee #1, a probationary employee dry end operator, was tending the Levelator machine. A sheet of drywall coming down the conveyor to the stacking table was misaligned. Instead of stopping the machine and realigning the sheet, Employee #1 attempted to realign it with the table moving and the machine's pushers caught his right finger, which he then yanked out, avulsing the tissue of the tip. Employee #1 was taken to Western Hand Center where surgeons removed the tip of the distal bone to allow reconstruction of the fingertip with a skin flap.

Keywords: FINGER, CRUSHED, SKIN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	309908127			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Not specified mechanics and repairers

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