OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221395247

C-CARE LLC

LINTHICUM HEIGHTS, MD· 2021-09-01T00:00:00

Event: Bypass, Bypass Guard, Catch Point, Caught Between, Contusion, Crushed, Engineering Controls, Finger, Fracture, Hand, Hand Tool, Laceration, Lack of Engineering Controls, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Manufacturing, Pinned, Production Line, Wrench
NAICS: 325620
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345510598
Employer profile: C-CARE LLC
Summary number: 221395247
Report ID: 0352450

Event description

Employee crushes hand when caught in container filling machi

Investigation abstract

At 1:09 p.m. on September 1, 2021, an employee working as a machine operator for a specialty manufacturer was operating a Filamatic Model SYN-A-32-4 (Serial Number 021780) container filling machine. The employee stopped the machine to make a weight filling adjustment when she reached behind the guard. The guard had a 29-inch-long by 6-inch-wide opening located 48 inches above the floor. The employee was using a 9/16-inch wrench on the retaining nut to the fill weight when she pinned her right hand against the filling tube. The employee was hospitalized to treat a laceration, contusion and fracture to her hand.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 41 F

Event type
2

Occupation code
779

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