OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14571137
COOPER INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS
BOWLING GREEN, OH·
Event description
FINGERS AMPUTATED IN AUGER OF RUBBER EXTRUDER MACHINE
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 11:50 AM ON JANUARY 27, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS FEEDING RUBBER IN TO THE HOPPER OF A RUBBER EXTRUDING MACHINE. THE RUBBER WAS NOT FEEDING PROPERLY , SO EMPLOYEE #1 REACHED DOWN INTO THE HOPPER (ABOUT 20 INCHES) TO CLEAR THE MAT ERIAL. HE FAILED TO USE THE PROPER TOOL (AXE HANDLE) WITH WHICH HE HAD BEEN SUPP LIED. THE FINGERS OF HIS LEFT HAND WERE CAUGHT BY THE EXTRUDER'S AUGER, AND ALL 4 FINGERS AND THE THUMB WERE AMPUTATED. THE TOP OF THE HOPPER WAS ABOUT 66 INCHE S ABOVE FLOOR LEVEL AND WAS LOCATED BETWEEN STEEL COLUMBS. A STEP HAD BEEN INSTA LLED TO HELP SHORT EMPLOYEES ON THIS JOB. THE STEP ENABLED EMPLOYEE #1, WHO IS T ALL, REACH FAR DOWN INTO THE HOPPER.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 755
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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