Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202444568 - Employee Hand Is Crushed by Pressurized Lug

Accident Summary Nr: 202444568 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 08/31/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307461384	10/04/2006	3532	333131	Spaulding Equipment Co

Abstract: At approximately 1:32 p.m. on Thursday August 31, 2006, Employee #1, a junior fabricator, was installing a hydraulic cylinder in a very large portable JAW Rock Crusher Plant. Employee #1 was guiding the cylinder, under pressure into a lug when it slipped and slammed into his right hand. Employee #1 was hospitalized and treated for broken bones in his thumb, fingers, and to repair tendons in his hand.

Keywords: INSTALLING, CYLINDER, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, MACHINE OPERATOR, SLIP, STRUCK BY, HAND

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	307461384			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Miscellaneous hand working occupations

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