Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 809293 - Employee's hand lacerated by press cam mechanism

Accident Summary Nr: 809293 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 12/15/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
2970747	01/24/1989	3469	0	Acme United Corporation

Abstract: At approximately 1:15 p.m. on December 15, 1988, Employee #1 was setting up a die on the Niagara trim press machine, serial #45004, at the plant. As Employee #1 reached under the existing guard to touch the brake shaft to determine its temperature, the cam caught his ring finger and pulled his left hand into the mechanism. Employee #1's entire hand was lacerated.

Keywords: PRESS BRAKE, FINGER, CAUGHT BY, LACERATION, SET UP, HAND, PRESS

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	2970747			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Machinery maintenance occupations

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