Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202588117 - Temporary Worker Mangles Fingers in a Machine

Accident Summary Nr: 202588117 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 12/16/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315320499	12/18/2012	5399	452990	Rare Earth Recovery Llc

Abstract: On December 16, 2012, Employee #1, a 43-year-old male, a temporary hire with Rare Earth Recovery LLC, was feeding pre-cut cable wires of various diameters into a wire stripping machine. According to the employer, Employee #1 removed the metal guard while working on the machine and eventually caught his right hand glove in between the blades of the machine and mangled his right fingers. Employee #1 was injured on his second day at work for a company that is involved in a metal recovery in Alameda, California. Employee #1 was transported to a hospital in San Francisco California and underwent several hand surgeries.

Keywords: FINGER, GUARD, MACHINE OPERATOR, LOCKOUT, CRUSHED, LACERATION, NIP POINT, BLADE, UNTRAINED, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	315320499			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Machine operators, not specified

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