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Accident: 786095 - Employee Paralyzed After Being Struck By Flying Blade

Accident: 786095 -- Report ID: 1054111 -- Event Date: 07/23/1991
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
11569540507/23/19913089Production Plastics Inc & Solidur Management Co
At approximately 9:30 a.m. on June 17, 1991, Employee #1, of Production Plastics, Inc., was setting up the SCMI T160 molder, called the shaper machine, to fabricate plastic parts for a special job. The employee had not used this machine with this set of blades before. As he started the machine the blades flew out of the tool holder and one struck him in the head. He sustained massive head injuries, causing a stroke, which paralyzed the left side of his body.
Keywords: head, paralysis, molding machine, inexperience, plastic mfg, struck by, flying object, set up, blade
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 115695405 Hospitalized injury Bruise/Contus/Abras Occupation not reported

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