Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201489770 - Employee Fractures Finger Unjamming Machine

Accident Summary Nr: 201489770 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 02/26/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301127932	03/21/2007	3931	339992	Dunlop Manufacturing, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was assigned to operate a box-cutting machine and the machine became jammed. Employee #1 tried to clear malfunction and accidentally pressed the foot-operated pedal, causing the machine to operate while his right hand was near the point of operation. Employee #1 sustained a fractured right ring finger after the blade of box-cutting machine was activated by the foot-operated pedal. The employee was hospitalized for 24-hours.

Keywords: FRACTURE, FINGER, FOOT CONTROL, CAUGHT BY, JAMMED, POINT OF OPERATION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	301127932			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Textile cutting machine operators

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