OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14292171
GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
DANVILLE, VA·
Event description
Employee's hand caught in cotton fabric windup roll
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was loading an Apex machine with a 12-in.-wide roll of cotton liner ottom cutoff switch. Employee #1 sustained injuries to his left hand that requir ed hospitalization. that was used to separate rubber strips in the manufacture of tire bands. The le ading end was routed around guide bars and placed around the take-up roller. The start limit switch was wired back and the festoon weight that makes the bottom cutoff (limit) switch was secured by the leading end of a rubber flipper. Employ ee #1, who was wearing gloves, had his right foot on the bottom cutoff switch to jog the machine during this loading process. His left hand became caught and wa s rotated counterclockwise at the take-up roller. The force pulled his body to t he left and onto the floor in a twisting motion so that he could not reach the b
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 883
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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