Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170784169 - Employee Hand Was Crushed in Printing Press

Accident Summary Nr: 170784169 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 03/16/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119918704	03/27/2012	2752	323110	Vertis Inc Dba Vertis Communications

Abstract: On March 16, 2012, an employee was in the process of tapering with a tear, while the press plates were being changed, the rollers where inched and his fingers got caught in the roller. The employee reached across his body and hit the E-stop. The Op reversed the machine and another employee got the employee fingers out. The employee was taken to the hospital for his injuries in which consisted of a crushed right hand, middle, ring, and pinky fingers. The employee was treated and released within 16 hours from the hospital.

Keywords: PRINTING, FINGER, ROLLER--MACH/PART, CRUSHED, POINT OF OPERATION, HAND, PRESS

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119918704			Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Laborers, except construction

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