OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14377014
CHICAGO STEEL & PICKLING CO
CHICAGO, IL—
Event description
AMPUTATION OF FINGER IN CHAIN AND SPROCKET
Investigation abstract
ON MAY 30, 1984, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS REACHING FOR SOME METAL STRAP USED TO BAND CUT STEEL SHEETS TOGETHER PRIOR TO SHIPPING. HE WAS WEARING GLOVES. HE WAS IN THE PR OCESS OF REACHING AROUND THE LOWER PART OF THE STACK OF PLATES WHEN THE ROLLERS, POWERED BY GANGED CHAINS AND SPROCKETS, STARTED UP WITHOUT WARNING. HIS GLOVE A PPARENTLY GOT CAUGHT IN THE IN-RUNNING NIP POINT OF THE CHAIN AND SPROCKET DRIVE , LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE CONVEYOR, WHERE GUARDING WAS EITHER INCOMPLET E OR REMOVED. HIS HAND WAS DRAWN INTO THE MACHINERY, AMPUTATING HALF OF ONE OF H IS FINGERS. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE CHICAGO SOUTH HOSPITAL EMERGENCY WARD. NO FIRST AID WAS GIVEN TO THE EMPLOYEE PRIOR TO ARRIVAL AT THE HOSPITAL.
Victim
-
#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 1
Codes shown verbatim from OSHA's accident-investigation database. A human-readable decoder is coming in a future release once the accident_lookup2 dictionary is loaded.