Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201063013 - Employee's hand crushed when caught in mill rollers

Accident Summary Nr: 201063013 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 05/01/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120280029	05/01/2000	3366	0	The Argen Corp

Abstract: Employee #1, a full time rolling mill operator with approximately 18 months of experience in the production department, was performing routine maintenance on the rolling mill. He was standing on the outfeed side of the machine, using a rag to clean the moving rollers when he reached around the side of the machine to hit the STOP switch. Employee #1 inadvertently struck the REVERSE switch and his rag became caught by the reversing rollers, pulling in his left hand between them. He sustained crushing injuries to his hand, for which he was hospitalized.

Keywords: CLOTHING, WORK RULES, CLEANING, LOCKOUT, ROLLER--MACH/PART, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, NIP POINT, HAND, BLIND REACHING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120280029			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Rolling machine operators

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