Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 312668015 - Worker Cleaning Roller of Printing Press Amputates Finger

Accident Summary Nr: 312668015 -- Report ID: 0950636 -- Event Date: 08/09/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312668015	09/16/2011	3089	326199	Sunshine Plastics Corp

Abstract: At approximately 11:15 a.m. on August 9, 2011, Employee #1 was working at Sunshine Plastics Corporation, in Montebello, CA. He took a rag, went to the rear of a Kidder Flexographic printing press, and reached inside the printing press to clean an ink roller. The roller caught the rag and pulled his fingers into the in-running roller. Employee #1 sustained the amputation of the small finger on his left hand and lacerations to the middle and index fingers on that hand. The employer transported Employee #1 to the U.S. HealthWorks Commerce Medical Center, in Commerce, CA, for treatment.

Keywords: PRINTING PRESS, AMPUTATED, FINGER, CLEANING, CAUGHT BY, ROLLER--MACH/PART, LACERATION, NIP POINT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	312668015			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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