Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 758300 - Employee's hand injured in roll forming machine

Accident Summary Nr: 758300 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 02/26/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104003199	03/10/1988	3564	0	The New York Blower Company

Abstract: At approximately 1:30 p.m. on February 26, 1988, Employee #1, a welder/fabricator for the New York Blower Company, was operating a Niagara roll forming machine, equipment #22 located in plant 1. While he was placing two 1/4 in. by 1 in. by 8 in. pieces into the point of operation, his glove caught on a burr on one of the pieces and his hand was pulled into the nip point of the rolls. Employee #1 suffered a crushed right hand and an amputation of the right index fingertip. The machine had two constant pressure pedals for the forward and reverse movement of the rolls and a roll release bar.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, GLOVE, CAUGHT BY, ROLLER--MACH/PART, CRUSHED, NIP POINT, FORMING MACHINE, HAND

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104003199			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Rolling machine operators

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