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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #170054399

GARNETT MACHINE,CLEANING,ROLLER--MACH/PART,CAUGHT BETWEEN,ARM,NIP POINT,UNSTABLE POSITION

Event
GARNETT MACHINE,CLEANING,ROLLER--MACH/PART,CAUGHT BETWEEN,ARM,NIP POINT,UNSTABLE POSITION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
170054399
Report ID
453710

Event description

Employee's right arm caught in garnett machine

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was cleaning a garnett machine with an air hose. He had positioned h imself within 1 ft of the machine and put the air nozzle and his right hand too close to a nip point between two card rollers. Employee #1's right arm was pulle d into the machine. He required hospitalization.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 21 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    2
    Event type
    2
    Source
    26
    Occupation code
    739
    Human factor
    4
    Environmental factor
    4
    Task assigned
    1

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