Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202474938 - Employee's Thumb Is Fractured and Burned in Stamping Machine

Accident Summary Nr: 202474938 -- Report ID: 0950636 -- Event Date: 06/13/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307188359	06/24/2008	3089	326199	Paco Plastics & Engineering, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 8:15 a.m. on June 16, 2008, Employee #1, a machine operator and trimmer, was operating Aamstamp Series 2000, hot foil stamping machine. She was feeding plastic labels into the machine when her right thumb slipped on the work piece and entered the point of operation. She suffered a fractured right thumb and third degree burns, when the pneumatic stamping die closed on her thumb. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: BURN, DIE, FRACTURE, SLIP, THUMB, CAUGHT BETWEEN, STRUCK BY, NIP POINT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	307188359			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.

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