OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1002260

STORM LAKE PILOT TRIBUNE PRINTING COMPANY

STORM LAKE, IA· 1987-03-25T00:00:00

Event: MAINTENANCE, PRINTING PRESS, AMPUTATED, OFFSET PRESS, FINGER, WORK RULES, ROLLER--MACH/PART, UNGUARDED
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #101943645
Employer profile: STORM LAKE PILOT TRIBUNE PRINTING COMPANY
Summary number: 1002260
Report ID: 751910

Event description

Employee's fingers amputated in offset press

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was adjusting a bounce screw on a Goss Community offset press when h is right hand became caught between the ink form roller and the plate cylinder. His right index and middle fingers were amputated, the former to the second knuc kle. He was hospitalized. There was no guard to prevent the employee's hand from entering the fields into the rollers. Subsequent investigation revealed that no ne of the six units on site was guarded.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 30 M

Nature of injury
1

Part of body
10

Event type
2

Source
26

Occupation code
734

Human factor
4

Environmental factor
4

Task assigned
1

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