OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14455018
WELLER PLASTICS
SIOUX CITY, IA·
Event description
Employee's finger injured when caught in base cupper
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was cleaning a clue head on an Aidlin base cupper. She did not shut off the equipment as instructed and her finger became caught in the pinch point of the machine. She sustained injuries but did not lose her finger. The machine had only been in use for seven months. Employee #1 failed to follow proper opera ting procedures.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 22 F
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 715
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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