OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14516983
DIE,FRACTURE,MOLDING MACHINE,CRUSHED,LACERATION,POINT OF OPERATION,HAND
Event description
EMPLOYEE'S HAND CRUSHED IN MOLDING MACHINE
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 4 PM ON MARCH 18, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING THREE UNILOY, MODEL 4011 BLOW MOLDING MACHINES. ONE OF THE MACHINES APPARENTLY HAD EXCESS PLA STIC ON THE BOTTOM OF THE MOLDS, SO EMPLOYEE #1 REACHED INTO THE MOLD AREA FROM BENEATH THE MACHINE TO PULL OUT THE PLASTIC. HE DID NOT SHUT OFF THE MACHINE. WH ILE HIS HAND WAS IN THE MOLD AREA, THE MACHINE CYCLED. THE MOLD CLOSED ON HIS HA ND, CRUSHING IT. THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED MULTIPLE FRACTURES AND LACERATIONS TO THE RIGHT HAND.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 13
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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