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Accident Summary Nr: 732073 - EMPLOYEE SUFFERED LACERATED FINGERS IN POWER PRESS

Accident Summary Nr: 732073 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 03/21/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
103935185	06/08/1987	3089	0	Ruvan Inc

Abstract: AT 3 PM ON MARCH 21, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1, A LINEWORKER FOR RUVAN, INC., SUFFERED SEVERE LACERATIONS TO HIS RIGHT RING FINGER AND LITTLE FINGER WHEN HIS HAND WAS CAUGHT IN THE POINT OF OPERATION OF THE PERKINS FULL REVOLUTION MECHANICAL POWER PRESS, SERIAL #46210, MODEL #10-6, COMPANY #PP4, LOCATED IN LINE #11 OF THE SEALER DEPARTMENT. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN EMPLOYEE #1 BECAME DISTRACTED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STRAIGHTEN SOME MATERIAL BEING AUTOMATICALLY FED INTO THE PRESS. HIS RIGHT HAND WAS PULLED UNDER THE POINT OF OPERATION GUARD ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE DIE AREA. HE WAS TAKEN TO DEACONESS HOSPITAL IN EVANSVILLE, INDIANA. HE HAS SINCE FULLY RECOVERED AND RETURNED TO WORK. THIS ACCIDENT WAS A RESULT OF A FAILURE TO PROPERLY GUARD THE POINT OF OPERATION OF THE PRESS.

Keywords: POWER PRESS, FINGER, WORK RULES, LACERATION, POINT OF OPERATION, UNGUARDED, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	103935185			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Punching and stamping press machine operators

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