OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221358757

DURABLE PRODUCTS INC

CROSSVILLE, TN· 2021-05-13T00:00:00

Event: Blind Reaching, Calender, Caught Between, Caught In, Crushed, Energized, Engineering Controls, Fall, Fall On Same Level, Fall Protection, Forming, Forming Machine, Hand, Housekeeping, Lack of Engineering Controls, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Pinch Point, Pinched, Power Roller, Reaching, Reaching In, Roller--Mach/Part, Rubber, Slip, Slippery Surface
NAICS: 326299
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345333389
Employer profile: DURABLE PRODUCTS INC
Summary number: 221358757
Report ID: 0454712

Event description

Employee crushes hand when caught in rollers trying to stop

Investigation abstract

At 5:45 a.m. on May 13, 2021, an employee working as a machine operator for a rubber products manufacturer was threading material onto a calendar machine. The floor was coated with oil from the machines causing the employee to slip. The employee reached out with his right hand to catch himself when he inadvertently reached between two large rollers on the running machine. The employee was hospitalized to treat a crushed hand.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 40 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
755

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