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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14455000

MAINTENANCE,PIN,FINGER,ROLLER--MACH/PART,CRUSHED

Event
MAINTENANCE,PIN,FINGER,ROLLER--MACH/PART,CRUSHED
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14455000
Report ID
751910

Event description

2 FINGERS CRUSHED AND 2 AMPUTATED BY FEED ROLLS

Investigation abstract

SEVERAL EMPLOYEES WERE PERFORMING MAINTENANCE (REPLACING A PIN) ON A MACHINE EQU IPPED WITH FEED ROLLS. THEY USED A PIN WHICH WAS ONLY 13 INCHES LONG TO SEPARATE THE FEED ROLLS WHILE THEY WORKED BETWEEN THEM. THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO USE A PIN 24 INCHES LONG AND EQUIPPED WITH A HANDLE. BECAUSE OF THEIR ERROR, EMPLOYEE #1'S HAND BECAME CAUGHT BY THE FEED ROLLS. HE SUFFERED 2 FINGERS AMPUTATED AND 2 OTH ERS CRUSHED.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 28 M

    Nature of injury
    1
    Part of body
    10
    Event type
    2
    Source
    26
    Occupation code
    849
    Human factor
    6
    Environmental factor
    1
    Task assigned
    1

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