OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14262711
JONES PLASTIC & ENGINEERING CO., LLC
JEFFERSONTOWN, KY·
Event description
Employee's hand amputated by jam bar
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 climbed up onto the #7 plastic injection molding machine to adjust a n air hose that had stuck on the plastic part of the die. While the employee was up on top of the machine, his hand was pulled in front of the jam bar. When the bar closed, his hand was amputated.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 2
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