Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201380904 - Snapped Drill Bit Lacerates Maintenance Supervisor's Wrist

Accident Summary Nr: 201380904 -- Report ID: 0214500 -- Event Date: 04/10/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308627637	04/10/2007	2752	323110	Sandy Alexander, Inc

Abstract: On April 10, 2007, Employee #1 was working for a commercial lithographic printer as a maintenance supervisor. He was drilling a hole in a baler for the installation of a static eliminator, when the drill bit snapped and lacerated his left wrist. The Clifton, NJ, Fire Department Emergency Medical Service responded and took him to St. Joseph Hospital in Paterson, NJ. He received eight stitches to his left wrist and returned to work the same day, without any need for hospitalization.

Keywords: MAINTENANCE, PRINTING, LACERATION, BALER, ELECTRIC DRILL, MECH MALFUNCTION, WRIST

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	308627637			Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Machinery maintenance occupations

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