Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 828780 - Employee's hand and arm amputated in molding machine

Accident Summary Nr: 828780 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 03/30/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104206750	03/30/1988	3089	0	Advanced Technologies

Abstract: While Employee #1 was operating a plastic extruding and molding tile machine, a storm caused a power outage. Employee #1 called his supervisor on the phone to find out what he should do. His supervisor instructed him not to start up the machine if the power was out for more than a hour. The supervisor also told Employee #1 not to run the former portion of the machine during start up. When the power was restored, Employee #1, apparently forgetting what his supervisor told him, left the former running while he cleaned the hot, semi-hard plastic from the head of the extruder, which was adjacent to the former. Employee #1's glove was caught on the hot plastic in the former's moving parts and his hand and arm were pulled into the former. Before Employee #1 could shut off the former, his hand and arm were amputated.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, GLOVE, MOLDING MACHINE, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, LOCKOUT, ARM, HAND, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104206750			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Misc. metal & plastic processing machine operators

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