OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14296446
C. R. DANIELS CO., INC.
ELLICOTT CITY, MD·
Event description
Employee's thumb tips lacerated when caught in press
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was operating an eyeletting machine, model F, serial #2602, installi ng grommets into canvas tarpaulins. Her thumbs were in a 1/2 in. opening between the ring guard and the lower die when the machine cycled, lacerating the tips o f her thumbs. The employer had installed a ring guard on the machine in an attem pt to guard the point of operation; however, when the guard was in its full down position the 1/2 in. opening remained.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 39 F
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 777
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 2
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