Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202448379 - Worker Sustains Partial Amputation of Finger

Accident Summary Nr: 202448379 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 02/18/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310602131	03/14/2008	3089	326199	Paulson Manufacturing Corp

Abstract: At approximately 5:20 a.m. on Monday, February 18, 2008, Employee #1 was working as a maintenance technician for Paulson Manufacturing Corp. in Temecula, California. He was a regular fulltime employee. He was inserting a retaining pin to hold a hydraulic cylinder to the moving platen in a JACO III-M-50 injecting molding machine. He was using the index finger of his left hand to line up the pin hole. When he tried to jog the hole into alignment, his finger tip was severed. Paramedics took the injured employee to the Inland Valley Regional Medical Center in Wildomar, California, for emergency medical care. His medical report showed that the tip of the index finger on his left hand was smashed and cut, with bone loss.

Keywords: MAINTENANCE, AMPUTATED, FINGER, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, DEBONING, PLASTIC MFG, MECH MAT HANDLING, NIP POINT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	310602131			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Not specified mechanics and repairers

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