| Accident: 201041720 -- Report ID: 0953220 -- Event Date: 04/08/2004 |
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| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name |
| 307583575 | 04/07/2004 | 3965 | Button King, Inc. |
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name |
| 307583658 | 04/09/2004 | 7361 | Payroll Services |
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At 3:00 p.m. on April 8, 2004, Employee #1 was working with an unguarded letter press. The business manufactures promotional buttons from a 4500 square foot building in North Las Vegas, Nevada. The establishment has been in business in Nevada for 3 years and can manufacture approximately 15,000 buttons per day during peak business. At the time of the accident, Employee #1 was working on a Brandtjen and Kluge letter press that was outfitted with a die to score around the established emblem of the button design. The emblems were arranged six to a page, and the pages were manually inserted and removed by Employee #1. During operation, the full revolution, multiple stroke press operated at rate of approximately one revolution per second, and Employee #1 was required to reach into the point of operation while the machine cycled to add and remove the paper stock. At the time of the accident, Employee #1 was working at a rate of 300 sheets every 20 minutes. While reaching into the point of operation, to retrieve the scored paper, the die closed and amputated the middle three fingers of Employee #1's left hand. Local emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to a local trauma center, where the fingers were unable to be reattached. Employee #1 was treated and released from the hospital four days later.
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| Keywords: |
caught between, press, die, amputated, finger, unguarded, point of operation, machine operator
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Inspection |
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Occupation |
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307583575 |
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Hospitalized injury |
Amputation |
Pressing machine operators |
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307583658 |
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Occupation not reported |
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