Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201179983 - Employee's Hand Is Injured by Press Roller

Accident Summary Nr: 201179983 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 08/20/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310408729	09/08/2006	9131	921140	Ca General Services

Abstract: On August 20, 2006, Employee #1, a printing assistant, was cleaning the rollers of a Lithographic Web Press. He turned off the machine and cleaned the ink ball roller with extension tools. After turning the machine back on, he noticed some ink spots on the ink ball roller. Without deenergizing the machine, Employee #1 reached in to the wipe the rollers with a rag. His hand became caught in the nip point between a form roller and a metal roller and was pulled partially into the machine. Coworkers freed Employee #1 from the press. He was hospitalized for lacerations and an infection.

Keywords: CLEANING, LOCKOUT, ROLLER--MACH/PART, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, LACERATION, INFECTION, HAND, PRESS

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	310408729			Hospitalized injury	Other	Printing machine operators

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