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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14201255

PROTECTIVE CLOTHING,PPE,THREADING MACHINE,GLOVE,GUARD,SPINDLE,HAND,CONTUSION

Event
PROTECTIVE CLOTHING,PPE,THREADING MACHINE,GLOVE,GUARD,SPINDLE,HAND,CONTUSION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14201255
Report ID
352440

Event description

HAND CAUGHT IN NUT THREADING MACHINE

Investigation abstract

THE EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING A SNOW TAPPER NUT THREADING MACHINE, MODEL #TA5RM IN TH E HOLLOW STUD SHOP. THE MACHINE BECAME JAMMED AND SHE TRIED TO DISLODGE THE PIEC E WITH AN ALLEN WRENCH. SHE WAS WEARING CLOTH GLOVES AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT . HER GLOVE AND LEFT HAND WERE PULLED INTO THE SPINDLE OF THE MACHINE. THIS RESU LTED IN CONTUSIONS AND SWELLING TO HER HAND. THE MACHINE WAS UNGUARDED AT THE PO INT OF OPERATION. SHE WAS TRAINED IN THIS JOB FOR APPROXIMATELY THREE TO FOUR HO URS BY A FELLOW EMPLOYEE.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 32 F

    Nature of injury
    3
    Part of body
    12
    Event type
    2
    Source
    26
    Occupation code
    725
    Human factor
    11
    Environmental factor
    2
    Task assigned
    1

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