OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14201446
WEBCRAFT INSERTS INC
SALISBURY, MD·
Event description
EMPLOYEE'S HAND CRUSHED BETWEEN ROLLERS
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS THE SECOND PRESSMAN ON A STEVENS BACK CYLINDER PRESS WHICH HAD A O MODEL OR SERIAL NUMBER. N ADDITIONAL DIE UNIT INSTALLED ON IT. THE PRESS WAS SHUT DOWN AT APPROXIMATELY 5 AM TO CORRECT SOME QUALITY PROBLEMS. WHILE TRYING TO RESTART THE PRESS AT ABOU T 5:30 AM, THEY FOUND THE GLUE STATION HAD RUN TOO MUCH GLUE, CAUSING THE PAPER TO WRAP AROUND THE ROLLERS. EMPLOYEE #1 CLEARED THE PROBLEM 3 TIMES. BECAUSE OF THE GLUE PROBLEMS, THE RELEASE PAPER BEING GLUED ON THE MAIN WEB WAS NOT STICKIN G PROPERLY AND HAD COME LOOSE FROM THE MAIN WEB. WHILE TRYING TO GET THE RELEASE PAPER INTO THE MAIN WEB EMPLOYEE #1 REACHED INTO THE ROLLERS. 4 FINGERS WERE CR USHED AND HIS THUMB FRACTURED. THIS DIE UNIT WAS MADE BY THEY EMPLOYER AND HAD N
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 734
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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