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Accident Summary Nr: 824300 - EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN FOLDING ARM AND TURRET OF PRESS

Accident Summary Nr: 824300 -- Report ID: 0352420 -- Event Date: 04/06/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18863225	05/11/1987	2062	0	Amstar Sugar Corporation

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE CLEANING THE #2 HESSER PACKAGING PRESS. THE MACHINE WAS SET IN JOG MODE AND ENERGIZED THE WITH SAFETY DOORS (SEE THROUGH PLEXIGLASS) OPENED. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CLEANING THE FOLDING ARM OF THE MANDRILL WHEN THE OTHER EMPLOYEE ACTIVATED THE MACHINE BY PRESSING THE UMBILICAL JOG SWITCH. THE MANDRILL TURRET MOVED TO THE FOLDING ARM, CATCHING EMPLOYEE #1'S HAND IN A SPACE 1/32 INCH WIDE BETWEEN THE TURRET AND ARM. HIS HAND WAS SEVERELY CRUSHED, BUT DID NOT NEED TO BE AMPUTATED.

Keywords: WORK RULES, CLEANING, LOCKOUT, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, HAND, PRESS

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18863225			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Industrial machinery repairers

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