OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14568216
AMPUTATED,MOLDING MACHINE,WORK RULES,CLEANING,CAUGHT BY,INTERLOCK,LOCKOUT,HAND
Event description
EMPLOYEE'S HAND AMPUTATED IN MOLDING MACHINE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CLEANING A NISSEI STRETCH BLOW MOLDING MACHINE, TYPE A5B6 50 EXI I, SERIAL NUMBER 866 53 56, LOCATED IN THE MOLDING INJECTION DEPARTMENT. THE MAC HINE CYCLED AND CAUGHT EMPLOYEE #1'S RIGHT HAND, PULLING IT INTO THE MACHINE. TH E EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A PARTIAL AMPUTATION OF HIS RIGHT HAND (LEAVING THE THUMB AN D SOME PALM). THE MACHINE DOOR WAS EQUIPPED WITH AN INTERLOCK, BUT IT HAD BEEN B YPASSED WITH A JUMPER WIRE.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 755
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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