Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 903641 - Employee's fingers crushed in paper laminating machine

Accident Summary Nr: 903641 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 08/23/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
108559030	08/23/1990	2522	0	Styline Plant 6

Abstract: At 2:15 p.m. on June 19, 1990, Employee #1 was scraping glue from the bottom roller of a paper laminating machine while the machine was in operation. The employee's left hand caught between the two rollers, crushing the fingers and thumb. The employee was transported by ambulance to St. Joseph's Hospital, Huntingburg, IN, and to St. Vincent's Hospital, Indianapolis, IN, where her thumb, index finger, and middle finger were partially amputated and her ring finger and little finger were completely amputated.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, THUMB, ROLLER--MACH/PART, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, PAPER MACHINE, HAND

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	108559030			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Cementing and gluing machine operators

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