Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202452637 - Employee's Fingers Are Amputated by Slitter

Accident Summary Nr: 202452637 -- Report ID: 0950642 -- Event Date: 04/09/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126066141	04/13/2006	2261	313311	Unipolo Fabric Corporation

Abstract: At approximately 12:30 p.m. on April 9, 2006, Employee #1 was operating a Corino slitter machine at Unipolo Fabric Corporation. He noticed that the cut line on the fabric was not aligned properly with the slitter unit. He was injured, when he tried to realign the cut line and his right hand was pulled down toward the cutting knife of slitter machine. His right fingers were amputated by the cutting knife. The speed of slitter knife was 1,750 rpm and the blade was not guarded.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, GUARD, MACHINE OPERATOR, LACERATION, TEXTILE PRODUCTION, SLITTER, TEXTILE, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126066141			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Slicing and cutting machine operators

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