Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201145992 - Employee Crushes Three Fingers in Machinery

Accident Summary Nr: 201145992 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 08/05/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305354722	09/22/2004	2098	311823	Maruchan Inc

Abstract: On August 5, 2004, Employee #1 was working on Auto Caser Line, Number C, between the bundling unit and the wrapping unit. The Auto Caser Line was a multi-unit automated assembly line manufactured by Mitsubishi. At the time of this accident, Employee #1 was watching the bundles coming out of the bundling unit when she noticed a packet, which got stuck in the 90-degree turn section of the conveyor. She reached under the Plexiglas cover to pull it out, when her right hand was caught in the nip point created by a metal cleat on the conveyor belt and a fixed part on the side near the 90-degree turn of the conveyor. Employee #1's middle, ring, and little fingers on her right hand were crushed. A surgery was required, and she was hospitalized for 2 days.

Keywords: FRACTURE, COVER, BELT, FINGER, STUCK, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, CONVEYOR, HAND

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	305354722			Hospitalized injury	Other	Production helpers

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