OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14197651
STAPLING MACHINE,FRACTURE,FINGER,LACERATION
Event description
FINGER CAUGHT IN STAPLING MACHINE
Investigation abstract
THE EMPLOYEE WAS STAPLING 8 1/2" X 11" BUSINESS FORMS INTO BOOKS WITH 2 WIRE STA D STAPLE ON THE LEFT AND SIDE. THERE WAS ROOM BETWEEN THE STAPLER AND THE BOOK F OR HIS FINGERS TO STAY ON TOP OF THE BOOK AS IT WAS SLID UNDER THE STAPLER. THE EMPLOYEE HAD TO PULL HIS LEFT HAND FINGERS PUT OF THE WAY BEFORE ACTIVATING THE STAPLER WITH HIS FOOT. HE HAD BEEN DOING THIS FOR SOME TIME WHEN HE LOST HIS TIM ING AND FAILED TO PULL HIS FINGERS AWAY IN TIME. THE STAPLER WENT INTO THE RING FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND, CRUSHING THE FLESH TIP, BREAKING THE BONE TIP AND TEARI NG OFF THE FINGERNAIL. PLES ON A FOOT OPERATED, ACME INTERLAKE STEEL CORP., MODEL S3A, SINGLE HEAD STIT CHER. ON THIS PRODUCT A 3/4"X81/2" PIECE OF MANILA PAPER WAS STAPLED ON TOP AND WITH THE FORMS. THE MANILA PAPER TENDED TO BUCKLE UP WHEN IT WAS STAPLED. TO GET A NEAT QUALITY ON THE BOOK, THE EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING THE MANILA PAPER DOWN FLAT WITH THE FINGERTIPS OF HIS LEFT HAND WHILE HE HELD THE BACK OF THE FORMS WITH H IS RIGHT HAND. AFTER HE HAD PUT IN THE 1ST STAPLE IN THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE FORMS, HE MOVED THE FORMS TO THE RIGHT. AS HE DID THIS HE HELD HIS LEFT HAND FIN GERTIPS ON THE TOP OF THE MANILA PAPER TO SMOOTH IT OUT BEFORE PUTTING IN THE 2N
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 737
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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