Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 201054087 - Employee's fingers amputated in clothing shredder
| Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 126080803 | 05/30/2000 | 7361 | 0 | National Labor Services Inc |
Abstract: Employee #1 was working as the day shift mechanic at L.A. Fiber, a company that purchased discarded clothing and shredded it into fibers. He had worked there for three years, and was in the Shoddy Division department, plant #2. On the day of the accident, Employee #1 was going to lunch when he was called back by the assistant mechanic to investigate a loud noise heard from the shredding machine. The shredding machine consisted of three large cylinders studded with progressively more pins--35,000, 55,000, and 75,000--that shredded the clothing into fibers as it passed through them. Employee #1 and the coworker climbed onto the machine after shutting down the power to cylinder #1. They raised the cover of the shredder and saw that one end of the feed roller to the cylinders was raised and that the bracket for cylinder #1 had broken into several pieces. Employee #1 began removing the bracket pieces while the cylinder was still moving. He was removing a piece of denim from the in-feed roller when his left hand was pulled into the moving cylinder, amputating all four of his fingers.
| Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 126080803 | Hospitalized injury | Amputation | Helpers, mechanics and repairers |
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