Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201488608 - Employee Crushes Finger While Cleaning Printing Press Roller

Accident Summary Nr: 201488608 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 03/14/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125760017	05/03/2006	2711	511110	Contra Costa Newspapers

Abstract: On March 14, 2006, Employee #1 was working in the pressroom of a newspaper, cleaning the rollers of a printing press. When he tried to retrieve a foreign object located on the rollers, the middle finger of one of his hands was crushed or lacerated. He was treated by emergency medical personnel and transported to John Muir Medical Center, where he was released the same day. He was not hospitalized. He later returned to outpatient surgery to have the distal phalanx (end) removed from that finger.

Keywords: PRINTING PRESS, FINGER, WORK RULES, CLEANING, LOCKOUT, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, LACERATION, NIP POINT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125760017			Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Printing machine operators

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