Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201796109 - Employee crushes fingers in printing machine

Accident Summary Nr: 201796109 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 04/29/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301327664	05/13/2002	3081	0	Mercury Plastics Inc

Abstract: On April 29, 2002, an employee of Mercury Plastics Incorporated was cleaning the top rolls of a printing machine #4, Serial number 30677, located inside the printing department. He was cleaning the excess glue from the top rolls of the machine with a hand towel, and the rolls had to be kept moving to accomplish the cleaning task. He was not trained in the use of a hand brush or a scraper for the cleaning job. The emergency stop switch located on the small metal box attached to the machine frame did not disconnect the power supply to the machine completely. At some point in the cleaning, his hand was caught in the top rolls of the machine crushing, three fingers on his right hand. He was treated at USC Medical Center for a surgical operation on his thumb and index fingers.

Keywords: PRINTING PRESS, PRINTING, FINGER, CRUSHED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	301327664			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Misc. metal,plastic,stone&glass-working mach. op's

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