OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14296263
CHESAPEAKE PUBLISHING CORP.
WALDORF, MD·
Event description
EMPLOYEE CAUGHT FINGERS BETWEEN PULLEY AND BELT
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CATCHING BUNDLES OF NEWSPAPERS AS THEY DROPPED INTO THE STACKER DAMAGE. THE EQUIPMENT INVOLVED WAS A MUELLER NEWSPAPER STACKING MACHINE WITH OU TGOING CONVEYOR. THE MACHINE LACKED A GUARD TO COVER THE PINCH POINT BETWEEN THE ROLLER PULLEY AND THE CONVEYOR FRAMEWORK. MACHINE AND ONTO THE CONVEYOR BELT. PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT THE CONVEYOR LOCATED B ETWEEN THE PRESS AND STACKER MACHINE HAD FREQUENTLY JAMMED UP, FORCING EMPLOYEE #1 TO PULL THE NEWSPAPERS MANUALLY ONTO THE CONVEYOR. NEWSPAPERS NORMALLY FALL I NTO THE STACKER MACHINE AT A RATE OF 45 TO 50 PER MINUTE. AS THE EMPLOYEE REACHE D INTO THE STACKER TO GRAB THE NEWSPAPERS (WITH HER LEFT HAND), SHE INADVERTENTL Y PLACED HER FINGERS BENEATH THE FLAT CLOTH CONVEYOR BELT. HER HAND WAS PULLED I NTO THE PINCH POINT BETWEEN THE ROLLER PULLEY AND THE FRAME OF THE CONVEYOR. SHE SUSTAINED A CRUSHING/ABRASIVE INJURY TO HER LEFT LITTLE FINGER, WITH SOME NERVE
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 23 F
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 777
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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