Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201155306 - Employee's fingers amputated in printing press

Accident Summary Nr: 201155306 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 12/01/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125968214	12/20/2001	2711	0	The Desert Sun Publishing Company

Abstract: At approximately 5:00 a.m. on December 1, 2001, Employee #1, a printing press operator, was cleaning moving rollers on a Web Newspaper Printing Press. His gloved right hand contacted a turning roller and was drawn into the in going nip point and crushed between two rollers. Coworkers came to his aid, stopped the press and pried his hand loose. He was hospitalized with a crushed right hand that required partial amputations to the third and forth fingers.

Keywords: PRINTING PRESS, ROTATING PARTS, GLOVE, CLEANING, CAUGHT BY, LOCKOUT, CRUSHED, NIP POINT, HAND, PRESS

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125968214			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Printing machine operators

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