Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 96318.015 - Employee's sustains crushed right hand during tool change ou

Accident Summary Nr: 96318.015 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 06/07/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1239538.015	06/14/2017		326199	Rohrer Corporation

Abstract: At 10:45 a.m. on June 7, 2017, an employee and a coworker were performing a tool change out on a thermoformer machine. Before work, the electrical energy and water supply were secured (lockout/tagout). However, the air supply was not. Nor was a safety jack installed, which the company implemented as part of their lockout/tagout program to provide added protection from crushing injuries during tool change outs. Without knowing that the employee's hands were still inside the machine, the coworker began to manually lower the machine's platen and crushed the employee's right hand.

Keywords: Crushed, Forming Machine, Hand, Lockout/Tagout, Thermoformer

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1239538.015	30	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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