Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201797966 - Employee's finger fractured in a drill pit

Accident Summary Nr: 201797966 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 03/31/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119789147	04/13/2004	3089	326199	Plastic Dress-Up Company

Abstract: At approximately 10:30 p.m. on March 31, 2004, an employee, a mold maker, had just finished welding a shaft to a drill pit to increase the drill pit's length and he was wearing net gloves, Interstate Gloves Inc., Part Number H20021. He then moved to the lathe, Cadillac, PDU Number: 130-9, Model Number 1749, Serial Number: 059138, to turn the new tool to the required diameter. He forgot to take off the gloves. As soon as he turned on the lathe his glove became entangled with the drill pit. The employee sustained a fracture of his right fifth finger. He was transported to U S Health Works in the City of Industry, and then transferred to Queen of the Valley Hospital in West Covina, where he was hospitalized and treated for fracture.

Keywords: FRACTURE, LATHE, FINGER, GLOVE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119789147			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Molding and casting machine operators

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