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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14296412

WORK RULES,JAMMED,TRASH COMPACTOR,STRUCK BY,ELBOW,FALLING OBJECT,DOOR

Event
WORK RULES,JAMMED,TRASH COMPACTOR,STRUCK BY,ELBOW,FALLING OBJECT,DOOR
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14296412
Report ID
352440

Event description

EMPLOYEE INJURED WHEN COMPACTOR DOOR STRUCK HIS ELBOW

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A STATIONERY COMPACTOR. AS THE RAM RETURNED FROM A COM PACTING CYCLE, THE DOOR STARTED MOVING ALONG WITH THE RAM. (THE DOOR IS DESIGNED TO OPEN AFTER THE RAM HAS COMPLETED 2/3RDS OF IT'S CYCLE.) EMPLOYEE #1 NOTICED THAT SOME PAPER STUCK BETWEEN THE RAM AND DOOR CAUSED THE DOOR TO TRAVEL WITH TH E RAM. AS HE REACHED IN WITH HIS LEFT HAND AND PULLED THE PAPER OUT, THE DOOR FE LL, STRIKING HIM ON THE ELBOW. AS SOON AS THE RAM HAD COMPLETED 2/3RDS OF IT'S C YCLE, THE DOOR OPENED AGAIN AND THE EMPLOYEE WAS ABLE TO REMOVE HIS ARM.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 21 M

    Nature of injury
    3
    Part of body
    7
    Event type
    2
    Source
    26
    Occupation code
    734
    Human factor
    18
    Environmental factor
    1
    Task assigned
    1

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