Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 96702.015 - Employee sustains burns to hand from a clothes pressing mach

Accident Summary Nr: 96702.015 -- Report ID: 0521400 -- Event Date: 06/13/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1243312.015	06/22/2017		812320	Crdn Of Northern Illinois / Geneva Cleaners / E & S Severson Enterprises, Inc.

Abstract: At 2:30 p.m. on June 13, 2017, an employee was pressing clothes on a clothes pressing machine. The employee reached upwards to adjust a ventilation fan. As the employee reached upwards, the employee leaned onto the machine. The employee's hand was placed on the work surface and the hip hit the actuation lever and the press lowered onto her hand and released steam. The employee sustained third degree burns on the hand.

Keywords: Burn, Cleaning, Clothing, Machine Guarding, Steam, Ventilation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1243312.015	30	F	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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