Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170378228 - Employee's fingers fractured in pipe bender

Accident Summary Nr: 170378228 -- Report ID: 0950613 -- Event Date: 07/18/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119743193	07/25/1995	3751	0	Cycle Shack, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 allegedly tried to start a Clark and Lewis pipe bender by using his right hand to push the START button, which is on the control panel found on a pedestal separate from the machine. He said that when the machine did not cycle he paused to investigate. His left hand, which was holding in place a strip of newsprint coated with thinner and wrapped around the area of the pipe that comes in contact with the dies, must have entered the unguarded point of operation. When he tried to restart the machine, his three middle fingers were caught by the clamp and crushed. Employee #1 was hospitalized with multiple fractures.

Keywords: FRACTURE, FINGER, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, BENDING MACHINE, CRUSHED, POINT OF OPERATION, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119743193			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Misc. metal,plastic,stone&glass-working mach. op's

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