OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14401624
KEVIN'S QUALITY CLEANERS
CLEBURNE, TX·
Event description
Employee injured when hand and arm caught in pant press
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was pressing a pair of pants on a Hoffman garment pressing machine. The approximately 300 degree F steam-heated top plate was in the UP or OPEN posi tion as Employee #1 was smoothing out the pants on the lower bed of the machine. The machine malfunctioned, causing the top plate to activate and to close on he r arm and hand. Employee #1 removed her left arm and hand but sustained first-, second-, third-degree burns on her right arm and hand.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 24 F
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 23
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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