OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14201149
BURN,FINGER,GUARD,SEALING MACHINE
Event description
Employee Burned by Sealing Bar
Investigation abstract
Two employees were operating a Kabar Model 44 radio-frequency heat sealing machi ne for sealing plastic waterbeds. Employees would place plastic under the sealin g bar then activate foot petals to operate the machine. One of the two employees received a second-degree burn to his right thumb and index finger. He had opera ted machine almost 1 year.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 18 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 7
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 719
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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