Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 971390 - Employee's fingers amputated by molding machine blade

Accident Summary Nr: 971390 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 09/19/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
105599500	10/19/1989	2515	0	Deseret Industries Manufacturing

Abstract: At approximately 8:40 a.m. on September 19, 1989, Employee #1 turned off a molding machine and raised the guard to vacuum excess sawdust off the working table. A wooden guard covering 2/3 of the cutter was still in place, but left approximately 2 inches of material width uncovered. The employee thought the machine had stopped and swept his hand across the table to sweep sawdust into the vacuum nozzle. The cutter blades were turning slowly (almost to a stop) and caught his fingers, pulling them into the machine. The first three fingers of the employee's right hand were cut off at the second knuckle.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, MOLDING MACHINE, ROTATING KNIFE, WORK RULES, CLEANING, CAUGHT BY, BLADE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	105599500			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Wood lathe, routing, and planing machine operators

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