Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 910893 - Employee's fingers severed in yarn stretcher

Accident Summary Nr: 910893 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 12/27/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120476304	01/04/1993	2824	0	William Barnett & Son, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was operating stretcher machine #6. A stretcher pulls yarn through a series of open ended winders at different speeds. Employee #1 stopped the machine to clear a wrap and her left hand became entangled in the yarn as the machine started. Two of her fingers were severed and her left arm, wrist, and collarbone were broken.

Keywords: SEVERED, FRACTURE, FINGER, WORK RULES, COLLARBONE, LOCKOUT, ARM, ENTANGLED, HAND, WRIST

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120476304			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Winding and twisting machine operators

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