Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202553020 - Employee Crushes Hand While Replenishing Lithographic Press

Accident Summary Nr: 202553020 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 11/22/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313168494	12/09/2010	2752	323114	Southern Comprint Co.

Abstract: On November 22, 2010, Employee #1 was working at a facility belonging to a large printing company. Employee #1 was changing the plates on a lithographic press machine. Without locking the machinery, Employee #1 placed a printing plate on its cylinder. The rollers of the cylinder pulled Employee #1's right hand into the machine, crushing it. Employee #1 was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was hospitalized and underwent emergency surgery to repair his hand. The accident investigation determined that the in-running side of the cylinder and the rollers were missing the pinch point guard at the time of the incident.

Keywords: ROTATING PARTS, CYLINDER, GUARD, CAUGHT BY, LOCKOUT, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, HAND

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	313168494			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Pressing machine operators

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