Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201800810 - Employee's Finger Is Injured by Disc Grinder

Accident Summary Nr: 201800810 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 01/17/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307180018	01/25/2006	3443	332313	Leggett & Platt Inc.

Abstract: At 11:57 a.m. on January 17, 2006, Employee #1, a machine operator with Leggett & Platt, Inc., was grinding a metal piece (4-in.-long and 1.25-in.-thick) on a 20-in. disk grinder, when his left ring finger contacted the rotating disk. He was hospitalized at Whittier Presbyterian Hospital for a laceration. The investigation revealed that the machine's partial guard was not adequate for employee protection.

Keywords: GRINDER, ROTATING PARTS, FINGER, MACHINE OPERATOR, LACERATION, GRINDING WHEEL, GRINDING MACHINE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	307180018			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Grinding, abrading, buffing & polishing mach. op's

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