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Accident Summary Nr: 731893 - EMPLOYEE CUT UPPER ARM DURING FALL AGAINST A CONTROL PANEL

Accident Summary Nr: 731893 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 09/23/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101986131	09/30/1986	3465	0	Lobdel-Emery

Abstract: AT 4 PM ON SEPTEMBER 23, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE WORKING AT A VERSA 1000 TON, PART REVOLUTION POWER PRESS, REMOVING VAN FLOOR PANELS AFTER STAMPING, THEN PLACING THEM ON A CONVEYOR BEHIND THEM. DURING THE REMOVAL OF ONE PANEL EMPLOYEE #1 LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL WHEN THE PANEL CAUGHT ON THE DIE, THEN SUDDENLY RELEASED. HIS UPPER RIGHT ARM WAS CUT WHEN HE FELL BACK AGAINST THE RIGIDLY MOUNTED 2-PALM BUTTON CONTROLS. THE CUT WAS 6 INCHES LONG, REQUIRING 13 INTERNAL SUTURES AND 19 EXTERNAL SUTURES.

Keywords: LACERATION, MANUAL MAT HANDLING, FALL, ARM, LOST BALANCE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101986131			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Punching and stamping press machine operators

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