Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201113743 - Employee injures finger in baling machine

Accident Summary Nr: 201113743 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 01/30/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126085695	05/23/2002	5093	0	Pick Your Parts

Abstract: At 9:45 a.m. on January 30, 2002, Employee #1, a laborer with Pick Your Part, a metal salvage company in Sun Valley, CA, was cleaning an area around a Nichols Conveyor Baler (Model Number LA006HD86, Serial Number 6755). After he noticed a piece of license plate sticking out of the protective slits in the baler, he tried to force the license plate back into the machine with a pry bar. The machine operator raised the ram, causing the pry bar to become wedged in the baler. This pinned Employee #1's left hand between the pry bar and the license plate. He was hospitalized at Valley Occ-Medical Center in San Fernando, CA for an amputated tip of his left middle finger. Although he was not assigned to the baler machine, Employee #1 was aware he broke a safety rule regarding pinch points for which he received prior training.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, CLEANING, CAUGHT BETWEEN, BALER, RAM

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126085695			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Laborers, except construction

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