OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #170120208

LOADING,STOP SWITCH,FINGER,WORK RULES,INTERLOCK,EMERGENCY STOP,UNGUARDED,CONTUSION

1990-03-27T00:00:00

Event: LOADING,STOP SWITCH,FINGER,WORK RULES,INTERLOCK,EMERGENCY STOP,UNGUARDED,CONTUSION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 170120208
Report ID: 453710

Event description

Employee's fingers injured in cycling machine

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was loading metal leads for capacitors into a lead loader machine wh en the machine cycled. The safety switch, which prevented the machine from opera ting when the guard was not in position, had been taped down to allow the machin e to operate. Employee #1 suffered contusions to her left index, ring, and middl e fingers.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 35 F

Nature of injury
3

Part of body
10

Event type
2

Source
26

Occupation code
785

Human factor
9

Environmental factor
1

Task assigned
1

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