OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14295208
GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
DANVILLE, VA·
Event description
Employee's finger amputated when caught in nip point
Investigation abstract
At approximately 9:30 a.m. on November 7, 1988, Employee #1 caught his right han d between the end of a material moving belt and a pulley on an Alpha shear #6 bu tt splice angular table section. The first digit of his right middle finger was partially amputated.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 43 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 769
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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