OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14225114
AMPUTATED,FINGER,WORK RULES,POINT OF OPERATION,SEALING MACHINE,UNGUARDED
Event description
FINGER AMPUTATED IN SEALING MACHINE, GUARD DISABLED
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, WHO WORKS AS A TABLE COORDINATOR, IS REQUIRED TO SEAL PLASTIC BAGS CONTAINING ONE OF THE PRODUCTS WHICH THE COMPANY MANUFACTURES. SHE DOES THIS BY HOLDING THE PLASTIC BAG AND INSERTING ITS TOP INTO A SEALING MACHINE. SOMEONE TA PED THE HINGED GUARD, WHICH COVERED THE POINT OF OPERATION OF THE SEALING MACHIN E, INTO THE "UP" POSITION. EMPLOYEE #1 INADVERTENTLY PLACED HER LEFT INDEX FINGE R INTO THE POINT OF OPERATION, WHERE IT WAS AMPUTATED.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 51 F
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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