OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14197370
FINGER,CLEANING,EMERGENCY STOP,ROLLER--MACH/PART,ABRASION,NIP POINT,PRESS OPERATOR
Event description
Employee Caught Fingers Between Rollers of a Collator
Investigation abstract
An employee with 15 years experience and training as a press operator was operat rned to work approximately 1 hour after the accident. Company policy required th at roller cleaning and any other machine maintenance to be performed with the ma chines off. ing an electric Hamilton collator (Serial No. 335120), one of his regularly assi gned tasks. The collator created three-sheet forms with carbon between the sheet s. It had stop-start buttons along its length, below the rollers, as well as a m ain control box. The employee was cleaning carbon residue from one set of power- driven rollers without deenergizing the machine. He was using a small rag in his right hand to perform this task. The rollers caught the rag and pulled in his f ingers. Fortunately, he was able to pull his fingers free quickly. He was treate d at a hospital for minor abrasions and temporary numbness and swelling. He retu
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 734
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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