Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 759076 - Employee injured when crushed between press and transfer bar

Accident Summary Nr: 759076 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 06/08/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
108598210	06/25/1990	3714	0	Pk Usa Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 leaned over the transfer bar of a 1,500-ton Komatsu transfer press as he was adjusting a die oiler. The transfer bar caught Employee #1's shirt and pulled him into the bar, which then crushed him between the press and the transfer bar. Employee #1 suffered a chest laceration, requiring 120 stitches, and bruises to his right leg.

Keywords: CHEST, CLOTHING, MAINTENANCE, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, CRUSHED, LACERATION, PRESS, CONTUSION, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	108598210			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Punching and stamping press machine operators

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