OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14308357
OWEN-ILLINOIS PLASTICS PRODUCTS DIV.
EDISON, NJ·
Event description
Employee's hand amputated when caught in machine's nip point
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was having trouble with her machine and shut it off. As she reached into the machine, a nip point closed and amputated her left hand. Employee #1 re quired hospitalization.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 27 F
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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