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Accident Summary Nr: 14201446 - EMPLOYEE'S HAND CRUSHED BETWEEN ROLLERS

Accident Summary Nr: 14201446 -- Report ID: 0352410 -- Event Date: 02/24/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18869420	02/25/1987	2759	0	Webcraft Inserts Inc

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 WAS THE SECOND PRESSMAN ON A STEVENS BACK CYLINDER PRESS WHICH HAD AN ADDITIONAL DIE UNIT INSTALLED ON IT. THE PRESS WAS SHUT DOWN AT APPROXIMATELY 5 AM TO CORRECT SOME QUALITY PROBLEMS. WHILE TRYING TO RESTART THE PRESS AT ABOUT 5:30 AM, THEY FOUND THE GLUE STATION HAD RUN TOO MUCH GLUE, CAUSING THE PAPER TO WRAP AROUND THE ROLLERS. EMPLOYEE #1 CLEARED THE PROBLEM 3 TIMES. BECAUSE OF THE GLUE PROBLEMS, THE RELEASE PAPER BEING GLUED ON THE MAIN WEB WAS NOT STICKING PROPERLY AND HAD COME LOOSE FROM THE MAIN WEB. WHILE TRYING TO GET THE RELEASE PAPER INTO THE MAIN WEB EMPLOYEE #1 REACHED INTO THE ROLLERS. 4 FINGERS WERE CRUSHED AND HIS THUMB FRACTURED. THIS DIE UNIT WAS MADE BY THEY EMPLOYER AND HAD NO MODEL OR SERIAL NUMBER.

Keywords: FRACTURE, MAINTENANCE, FINGER, WORK RULES, THUMB, ROLLER--MACH/PART, CRUSHED, HAND, PRESS

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18869420			Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Printing machine operators

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