Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 996694 - EMPLOYEE AMPUTATES FINGERS IN MACHINE

Accident Summary Nr: 996694 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 08/21/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107929655	09/05/1989	2392	0	Eastern Home Products

Abstract: At approximately 12:10 p.m. on august 21, 1989, Employee #1 was operating a Spuhl Anderson machine company panel cutter Model PL-6 S/N 419-B. Employee #1 was reaching into the front of the operation holding the fabric and pushed a start button to start a stationary cutter so he could pull the fabric through and close it. The machine was apparently in the sharpen mode and the knife went across cutting and amputating the thumb and fist two fingers of Employee #1 left hand who was taken to the hospital and treated.

Keywords: KNIFE, AMPUTATED, FINGER, THUMB, NIP POINT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	107929655			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Textile cutting machine operators

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