OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14296412
CHESAPEAKE PUBLISHING CORPORATION
WALDORF, MD·
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
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#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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