OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14470835
FINGER,GLOVE,WORK RULES,CLEANING,CAUGHT BY,LOCKOUT,COATING OPERATION,SKIN,HAND
Event description
EMPLOYEE'S FINGER AMPUTATED IN CALENDAR ROLL ON MACHINE
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 12:05 AM ON APRIL 21, 1988, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CLEANING THE MIDDLE RUBBER ROLL ON A COATING MACHINE. HE WAS USING A ROLLED UP GLOVE IN HIS LEFT HA ND TO WIPE DIRT AND EXCESS PAINT OFF THE ROLL. AS EMPLOYEE #1 WIPED THE ROLL, TH E ROLL CAUGHT THE GLOVE AT THE RIGHT CORNER OF THE ROLL ON THE COATER MACHINE. T HE ROLL PULLED HIS LEFT HAND IN BETWEEN THE FIXED METAL GUARD AND THE RUBBER ROL L. EMPLOYEE #1 THEN PULLED HIS LEFT HAND FREE FROM BETWEEN THE FIXED METAL GUARD AND THE RUBBER ROLL. HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER AT THE THIRD JOINT WAS AMPUTATED. IN ADDITION, SOME SKIN ON THE PALM OF HIS HAND WAS PULLED OFF.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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