Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 971143 - Employee's hand injured when caught in machine

Accident Summary Nr: 971143 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 06/21/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
105597645	07/26/1989	2591	0	Levolor Corporation

Abstract: Employee #1 was operating a 3 1/2 in. aluminum winding machine, which forms metal slats for window blinds. A metal slat was fed into the machine and then slipped out of the forming rollers. The employee attempted to get the slat back into the rollers without turning off the machine. He was close to one set of rollers when his glove became caught in the infeed nip point, pulling his hand through the forming rollers. His hand and fingers were crushed, and he was hospitalized.

Keywords: FINGER, GLOVE, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, LOCKOUT, ROLLER--MACH/PART, CRUSHED, NIP POINT, HAND

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	105597645			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Extruding and forming machine operators

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