Inspection Detail

Inspection: 104580311 - Champion International Corporation

Inspection Information - Office: Minnesota Department Of Labor And Industry

Inspection Nr: 104580311

Report ID: 0552700

Date Opened: 04/14/1987

Site Address:
Champion International Corporation
100 E. Sartell St.
Sartell, MN 56377

Mailing Address:
Box 338, Sartell, MN 56377

Union Status: Union

SIC:2621

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 04/14/1987

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 05/11/1987

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360759591

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 14450019

Event: 11/25/1986

Employee injures hand in pulp press, later amputated

Employee #1 was taking pulp samples from an Andritz pulp press when the sheets began to pile up between the guard and the pulp shredder. Employee #1 stood on the machine and reached around the guard to push the pulp sheets into the shredder. His glove became caught in the shredder, and his right hand was pulled in and shredded. The hand had to be surgically amputated at the wrist.

Keywords: CLOTHING, AMPUTATED, GLOVE, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, LOCKOUT, PRESS OPERATOR, HAND, PRESS

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104580311			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Chemists, except biochemists

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