OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14296719

PPE,GLOVE,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BY,ARM

1986-07-24T00:00:00

Event: PPE,GLOVE,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BY,ARM
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14296719
Report ID: 352440

Event description

Employee's arm injured when caught in buffing machine

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was buffing a 4 ft long piece of 0.1875-in. by 0.625-in. molding on a VJS Devine Brothers polisher equipped with a 20-in.-diameter buffing wheel. He was standing approximately 2 ft from the buffing wheel, which had an operating speed of 2,400 rpm. Because Employee #1 was wearing new gloves that were a littl e stiff, he was unable to hold the part securely and failed to release his hold on the molding when the part got in the wheel. He apparently severely cut his ar ms and was hospitalized.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 24 M

Nature of injury
7

Part of body
2

Event type
2

Source
26

Occupation code
709

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
2

Task assigned
1

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