Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170066757 - Employee injures hand in injection molding machine

Accident Summary Nr: 170066757 -- Report ID: 0352430 -- Event Date: 12/06/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104457957	01/06/1992	3089	0	Poly-Seal Corporation

Abstract: Employee #1 is the operator of an injection molder. In the course of operation there are times when the safety gate must be opened to get "shorts" out of the mold and the hydraulic pump must be turned off. Employee #1 had opened the safety gate and reached into the mold with his left hand to remove the shorts, when he remembered that he did not turn off the hydraulic pump. With his left hand still between the stripper and cavity plates, he reached over with his right hand and pushed the stop button for the hydraulic pump. The cavity plate moved to the left, squeezing his left hand between the two plates.

Keywords: MOLDING MACHINE, WORK RULES, LOCKOUT, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, POINT OF OPERATION, HAND, HYDRAULIC PUMP, MOLD, MOLD PLATES

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104457957			Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Molding and casting machine operators

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