Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 777433 - Employee hospitalized when arm enters misassembled shaper

Accident Summary Nr: 777433 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 04/24/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
105631238	05/29/1992	2431	0	Mcdonald Mill Inc.

Abstract: When Employee #1 leaned over a shaper to take hold of the far side of the piece of wood that he was working on, the shaper blades caught the material and his hand and arm were jerked into the rotating blades. Employee #1 was hospitalized. Employee #1 had placed the shaper blades upside down on the machine. He either did not have adequate training on the setup of a shaper or had ignored the training.

Keywords: ROTATING KNIFE, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, ARM, UNTRAINED, HAND, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	105631238			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Hand cutting and trimming occupations

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