OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14449755
KNIFE,MAINTENANCE,AMPUTATED,PPE,FINGER,ABRASION,FALL,UNGUARDED
Event description
EMPLOYEE INJURED WHEN HE FELL INTO COIL SPLITTING MACHINE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, THE OPERATOR OF A PRO-ECO METAL COIL SPLITTING MACHINE, CLIMBED INT N AT THE POINT OF INJURY ON THIS TYPE OF EQUIPMENT. THE EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING HIG H CUFFED LEATHER GLOVES WHICH MAY HAVE REDUCED THE ABRASION INJURY. NO PROTECTIO N WAS POSSIBLE FOR THE FINGERS, WHICH WERE CAUGHT BETWEEN THE METAL AND KNIVES M OUNTED ON THE ARBOR. O THE AREA BETWEEN THE SHEAR AND ARBOR WHICH HELD THE SPLITTING KNIVES. THE ARBO R WAS RAISED TO A HEIGHT OF 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH ABOVE THE STEEL STOCK. THE PROCESS W AS A "SPIN DOWN", INVOLVING ALIGNMENT AND INSPECTION OF THE MATERIAL, WITH NO CU TS BEING MADE. THE OPERATOR FELL FORWARD INTO THE SPACE BETWEEN THE SHEAR AND AR BOR, HIS RIGHT HAND LANDING ON THE SHEET MOVING THROUGH THE MACHINE. HIS HAND AN D ARM WERE DRAWN UNDER THE ARBOR. HE RECEIVED SERIOUS ABRASIONS AND MUSCLE DAMAG E TO THE LOWER ARM AND AMPUTATION OF THE RING AND LITTLE FINGERS OF THE HAND. TH E EXTRACTION FROM THE MACHINE INVOLVED SOME DISASSEMBLY. THERE IS NO WORK STATIO
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 715
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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