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Accident Summary Nr: 14470835 - EMPLOYEE'S FINGER AMPUTATED IN CALENDAR ROLL ON MACHINE

Accident Summary Nr: 14470835 -- Report ID: 0524200 -- Event Date: 05/13/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102438181	05/13/1988	3354	0	Ekco Products, Inc.

Abstract: AT APPROXIMATELY 12:05 AM ON APRIL 21, 1988, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CLEANING THE MIDDLE RUBBER ROLL ON A COATING MACHINE. HE WAS USING A ROLLED UP GLOVE IN HIS LEFT HAND TO WIPE DIRT AND EXCESS PAINT OFF THE ROLL. AS EMPLOYEE #1 WIPED THE ROLL, THE ROLL CAUGHT THE GLOVE AT THE RIGHT CORNER OF THE ROLL ON THE COATER MACHINE. THE ROLL PULLED HIS LEFT HAND IN BETWEEN THE FIXED METAL GUARD AND THE RUBBER ROLL. EMPLOYEE #1 THEN PULLED HIS LEFT HAND FREE FROM BETWEEN THE FIXED METAL GUARD AND THE RUBBER ROLL. HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER AT THE THIRD JOINT WAS AMPUTATED. IN ADDITION, SOME SKIN ON THE PALM OF HIS HAND WAS PULLED OFF.

Keywords: FINGER, GLOVE, WORK RULES, CLEANING, CAUGHT BY, LOCKOUT, COATING OPERATION, SKIN, HAND

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	102438181			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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