Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 800839 - Employee suffers multiple fractures when caught in nip point

Accident Summary Nr: 800839 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 03/09/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107835407	03/08/1990	3312	0	The Worthington Steel Co.

Abstract: Employee #1 was using a 60 in. Loopco, 1079-M slitting line machine to help with the slitting of a 48 in. wide coil of steel. He was putting plastic strips in to adjust the thickness of the coil when his hand caught between the roll and the nip point where the coil was winding. Employee #1 suffered lacerations to his arm, face, and neck, a concussion, a broken collarbone, a broken jaw, and other facial fractures and was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, MAINTENANCE, COLLARBONE, ROLLER--MACH/PART, CAUGHT BETWEEN, LACERATION, CONCUSSION, NIP POINT, SLITTER, HAND

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	107835407			Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Occupation not reported

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