Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201203577 - Employee Amputates Hand in Machine

Accident Summary Nr: 201203577 -- Report ID: 1054114 -- Event Date: 03/29/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310734058	04/02/2007	2436	321212	Murphy Company

Abstract: On March 29, 2007, an employee, a machine operator was checking the speed setting of the paper laminator rolls on the paper line using the feet per minute gauge when his right hand was pulled into the ingoing nip point where the two rolls were positioned 0.125-in. apart. He sustained serious injury to his right hand which was degloved. He was transported to the hospital, where the ends of four fingers were amputated and he underwent surgery to begin grafting skin onto his hand. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, MACHINE OPERATOR, CAUGHT BY, HAND

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	310734058			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Miscellaneous woodworking machine operators

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