OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14296255
CHESAPEAKE PUBLISHING CORP.
WALDORF, MD·
Event description
EMPLOYEE'S HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN ROLLERS OF GOSS PRESS
Investigation abstract
THE WEB ON A PRINTING PRESS HAD BROKEN AND THE ENTIRE PRESS RUN HAD TO BE REWEBB THE MACHINE IS OPERATING NORMALLY, THESE ROLLERS ARE GUARDED BY LOCATION. IT IS NOT FEASIBLE TO INSTALL A LOWER GUARD. NO PPE IS REQUIRED FOR THE REWEBBING OPER ATION, OTHER THAN HEARING PROTECTIVE DEVICES. THE EMPLOYEE WAS NOT USING THE SAF EST METHOD, NAMELY THE "TAPE METHOD", IN LIEU OF NEWSPRINT PAPER TO REWEB THE PR ESS. ED. THE EMPLOYEES WERE WORKING ON THE THIRD PRESS UNIT OF THE SOUTH PRESS, ATTEM PTING TO THREAD THE PAPER UP THROUGH THE BLANKET ROLLERS. ONE EMPLOYEE WAS INCHI NG THE PRESS ACTIONS WHILE EMPLOYEE #1 WAS INSERTING THE PAPER BY REACHING IN FR OM THE BOTTOM OPENING, FEEDING THE PAPER WEB UPWARDS TOWARDS THE BLANKET ROLLERS . EMPLOYEE #1 INADVERTENTLY PLACED HIS LEFT HAND TOO CLOSE TO THE ROLLERS, CAUSI NG HIS HAND TO FOLLOW THE PAPER UP INTO THE THE PINCH POINT OF THE BLANKET ROLLE RS. THE EQUIPMENT WAS A GOSS TRIPLE UNIT PRINTING PRESS. EMPLOYEE #1 HAD WORKED IN THE PRESSROOM FOR 18 MONTHS AND WAS FULLY TRAINED IN PRESS OPERATIONS. WHILE
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 734
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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