OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1002328

AMPUTATED,FINGER,WORK RULES,CLEANING,HOSE,LOCKOUT,ROLLER--MACH/PART,CAUGHT BETWEEN,UNGUARDED

1987-01-28T00:00:00

Event: AMPUTATED,FINGER,WORK RULES,CLEANING,HOSE,LOCKOUT,ROLLER--MACH/PART,CAUGHT BETWEEN,UNGUARDED
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 1002328
Report ID: 751910

Event description

Employee's finger amputated between roller and frame

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was cleaning a hose when its head slipped and the hose recoiled into the Continental Can Company's SGB sealer. His left hand became caught between t he rollers and frame and his left index finger was amputated below the first knu ckle. He was hospitalized for his injuries. The machine had been running at the time of the accident.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 42 M

Nature of injury
1

Part of body
10

Event type
2

Source
26

Occupation code
863

Human factor
4

Environmental factor
1

Task assigned
1

Codes shown verbatim from OSHA's accident-investigation database. A human-readable decoder is coming in a future release once the accident_lookup2 dictionary is loaded.