Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202442554 - Employee's Finger Fractured in Machine

Accident Summary Nr: 202442554 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 11/07/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307458737	12/15/2005	5162	424610	Discover Plastics Inc

Abstract: At approximately 8:00 p.m. on November 7, 2005, Employee #1 was using a PVC pipe to free a jam of plastic in the energized densifier. His left thumb was fractured when it caught between the pipe and the interior rim of the densifier cylinder. Employee #1 was hospitalized in Arrowhead Regional Medical Center.

Keywords: FRACTURE, FINGER, MACHINE OPERATOR, LOCKOUT, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, PIPE, POLYVINYL CHLORIDE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	307458737			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Laborers, except construction

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