Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201091543 - EMPLOYEE INJURED WHEN HAND CAUGHT BY MACHINE

Accident Summary Nr: 201091543 -- Report ID: 0950645 -- Event Date: 12/22/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300806049	01/07/1998	2084	0	Arciero Winery

Abstract: Employee #1 was a cellar worker, operating a wine filtration system. Employee #1 had removed the access hatch to allow the filter media to discharge. The media was dry and wouldn't fall out. Employee #1 reached up to clean out the media but it was stuck. He started up the machine and then turned off machine. Although the filter media holder had not stopped rotating, he reached up into tank where moving parts caught his hand. Employee #1 was hospitalized and had major surgery to repair the tendons in his right hand.

Keywords: MAINTENANCE, TENDON, CLEANING, CAUGHT BY, LACERATION, HAND

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300806049			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.

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