Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201181013 - Employees Fingers Crushed

Accident Summary Nr: 201181013 -- Report ID: 0950611 -- Event Date: 02/02/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125613489	02/05/2002	5084	0	Public Printing Dba Grant Printing

Abstract: At approximately 4:00 p.m. On February 1, 2002, Employee #1 was bending plates on the plate bender for the C-150 press units. The machine has a sensor switch with a locking nut, which would send a signal to the machine indicating whether the guard is in close or open position. It appears, as a result of the vibration that the locking nut got loose and allowed the guard detection switch to fail, sending a wrong signal that the guard was in place. A faulty valve that was allowing air to blow-by intermittently also caused some intermittent problems with the cycle of the machine. Employee #1 attempted to put the plate into the bender, the machine cycled and the right side of the plate bender came down crushing his thumb, index, and middle finger of his left hand.

Keywords: FINGER, GUARD, LOCKING PINS, BENDING MACHINE, CRUSHED, HAND

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125613489			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Miscellaneous printing machine operators

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