OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14198030
CHAIN,AMPUTATED,GLOVE,WORK RULES,THUMB,JAMMED,SPROCKET,UNGUARDED
Event description
EMPLOYEE'S THUMB AMPUTATED BETWEEN CHAIN AND SPROCKET
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WORKED AT THE JEDDELUH "SWEED" MACHINERY COMPANY IN GOLDEN HILL, ORE TTEN PROCEDURE FOR CLEARING JAMS, BUT IS NOW PREPARING ONE. GLOVES WILL NOT BE A LLOWED WHEN CLEARING JAMS UNDER THE NEW WRITTEN PROCEDURE. GON. HE REPORTED TO WORK AT 7 AM THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT. AT APPROXIMATELY 7:45 AM HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE SWEED SCRAP CHOPPER, MODEL 500, SERIAL NUMBER 500 WA S JAMMED, AND ASSIGNED THE JOB OF CLEARING IT. HE DISCONNECTED THE ELECTRIC POWE R, REMOVED THE GUARDS AND CLEARED THE CHOPPER. TO VERIFY THAT THE CHAINS AND SPR OCKETS WERE CLEAR, HE TURNED ON THE DISCONNECT AND STARTED THE CHOPPER. HIS GLOV E BECAME STUCK IN THE CHAIN AND WAS YANKED INTO THE SPACE BETWEEN THE CHAIN AND SPROCKET. HIS THUMB WAS AMPUTATED. EMPLOYEE#1 WAS PERFORMING HIS ROUTINE JOB. HE WAS WEARING GLOVES BECAUSE IT WAS COLD IN THE WAREHOUSE. THE COMPANY HAD NO WRI
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 549
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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