Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201509684 - Fingers of Printing Worker Are Amputated by Cutting Machine

Accident Summary Nr: 201509684 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 12/30/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312358583	12/30/2009	2754	323111	Leo Lam, Inc Dba A & M Printing

Abstract: On December 30, 2009, Employee #1, working at a commercial printing company, reached into an unguarded edge trimmer on a paper indexing machine, (Index Cutter, Class B). Three fingers from her right hand were amputated. The guard had been removed by a supervisor the day before the accident so that the machine could be set-up and adjusted for a production run.

Keywords: PRINTING PRESS, AMPUTATED, PRINTING, FINGER, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, LACERATION, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	312358583			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Miscellaneous printing machine operators

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