OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14196968
AMPUTATED,MACHINIST,ROLLER--MACH/PART,PRESS OPERATOR,HAND,PRESS
Event description
EMPLOYEE INJURES HAND WHILE WORKING WITH A ROTARY PRESS
Investigation abstract
Two employees were using a Potdevin Rotary Press (size W-30 with serial No. 2606 in diameter that can be adjusted with spring loaded knobs. The press is equippe d with an adjustable metal guard for covering the rollers. The guard is 31.75 in ches long and 4 inches high. When in use, the guard would adequately prevent emp loyees from getting their hands and fingers caught in the rollers. Before using the press, a manager warned the employees "to be careful with the press because the guard was not in place". Although Employee #1 was hospitalized, the extent o f the injury to her hand and fingers was not known. -Z) without using guard protection over the rollers to prevent injuries. They we re taking rinted lining of cartoon characters and placing them into pieces of fo am. The employees fed the lining into the press, but the lining was not feeding properly. As Employee #1 fed the lining into the press, Employee #2 placed a pie ce of cardboard, roughly 16 inches wide and 21 inches long, under the lining to help feed the lining into the rollers. Since the rollers did not have guard prot ectors, Employee #1's left hand and fingers were injured as she tried to feed th e lining through the rollers. The two rollers were 34 inches long and 4.5 inches
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 31 F
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 753
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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