Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201491347 - Employee Crushes Finger While Using Printing Press

Accident Summary Nr: 201491347 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 09/22/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310828355	10/31/2008	2656	322215	International Paper

Abstract: At approximately 3:50 a.m. on September 22, 2008, Employee #1 was working as a press operator. Employee #1 was loading and replacing a paper core from a printing press roll, while the machine was running and caught his fingers between the paper core and rolling part of the machine. Employee #1 suffered a crushing injury that resulted in the amputation of the middle and index fingers. Employee #1 was treated at the hospital for more than 24 hours and released

Keywords: PRINTING PRESS, AMPUTATED, FINGER, ROLLER--MACH/PART, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	310828355			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Machine operators, not specified

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