Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202473468 - Employee Injures Hand While Operating Grinding Machine

Accident Summary Nr: 202473468 -- Report ID: 0950636 -- Event Date: 12/12/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307183442	01/03/2007	3495	332612	Aranki Spring Mfg.

Abstract: At approximately 9:30 a.m. on December 12, 2006, Employee #1 was working for a manufacturing company. As he was operating a grinding machine to grind the ends of coil springs, he injured his right hand. Employee #1 was transported to Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital, where he was treated for avulsions to the fourth and fifth digits, as well as an ulnar styloid process fracture. The accident investigation attributed the cause of the accident to the employer's lack in policy to control hazardous energy during the set-up and adjustment operations of the grinding machine. Additionally, there was insufficient guarding for the belt and pulley system of the grinding machine.

Keywords: GRINDER, BELT, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, CAUGHT BY, LOCKOUT, PULLEY, GRINDING MACHINE, HAND

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	307183442			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported

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