Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 894568 - Employee killed when crushed between rollers

Accident Summary Nr: 894568 -- Report ID: 0355111 -- Event Date: 04/20/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
105717821	04/20/1989	2754	0	J.W. Fergusson & Sons, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was helping to run a Champlain eight-color, 38 in. Gravure printing press. While repairing a faulty splice, he reached over the top of the area between the rewind roller and the material being rewound. Employee #1 became caught between the two rolls, which crushed his head, killing him instantly.

Keywords: HEAD, PRINTING PRESS, REPAIR, WORK RULES, LOCKOUT, ROLLER--MACH/PART, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, NIP POINT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	105717821			Fatality	Other	Miscellaneous printing machine operators

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