Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201162260 - Employee Suffers Amputation Using Printing Press

Accident Summary Nr: 201162260 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 10/24/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126097914	12/05/2000	2711	0	Gardena Valley News

Abstract: Employee #1 is a printing machine "jogger" who answers to a "pressman" in a shop that prints weekly small newspapers. At approximately 3:00 a.m. on October 24, 2000, Employee #1 noticed that the paper was starting to fold on one of the rollers of the machine, and without asking the pressman he attempted to straighten the paper. The roller that Employee #1 was working on has rows of short steel teeth on its surface for the purpose of maintaining tension on the paper. As Employee #1 reached to move the paper his fingers got caught in the teeth, causing amputation of his left middle finger to the back of the nail, one-half of the left ring finger, and the right middle finger to the back of the nail. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: PRINTING PRESS, AMPUTATED, PRINTING, FINGER, ROLLER--MACH/PART, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126097914			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Printing machine operators

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