OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14202501
CARNATION CO
PORTLAND, OR·
Event description
EMPLOYEE'S HAND CAUGHT IN A MILK FILLER MACHINE
Investigation abstract
On July 24, 1987, Employee #1 was draining the one-gallon milk filler machine. T he filler machine was in the operation mode at that time, while it should have b een in the jog mode. Employee #1 was new at the job and had been instructed to c lean the machine in this way. Employee #1 reached inward from the front side of the machine and flipped the filler valve up to drain the cylinder. Employee #1's right hand was subsequently caught and pinned between the forks and rails of th e machine. As a result, all four fingers of the right hand were lacerated. Emplo yee #1 was transported to the hospital where all fingers, except her index finge r, were re-attached.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 34 F
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 863
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 2
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