Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 673277 - GLOVES CAUGHT IN HUSKING ROLLS; FINGERS LACERATED

Accident Summary Nr: 673277 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 10/14/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101915056	10/14/1985	5191	0	Northrup King Company

Abstract: EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2, WORKING AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AT THE WORK SITE, EXPERIENCED SIMILAR ACCIDENTS ON THE SAME DAY. THEY WERE PULLING HUSKS FROM EARS OF CORN AS THEY EMERGED FROM HUSKING BED MACHINES. THEY WERE BOTH WERE WEARING GLOVES. AS THEY REACHED FOR EARS OF CORN THAT WERE STUCK IN THE ROLLS, THE ROTATING PARTS CAUGHT THEIR GLOVES. BOTH EMPLOYEES SUFFERED LACERATED FINGERS. THERE WERE NO AMPUTATIONS.

Keywords: FINGER, GLOVE, CORN, JAMMED, LOCKOUT, ROLLER--MACH/PART, LACERATION, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101915056			Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Laborers, except construction
2	101915056			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Laborers, except construction

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