OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221453780

DIVERSIFIED LABELING SOLUTIONS, INC.

ITASCA, IL· 2022-01-11T00:00:00

Event: Catch Point, Caught In, Communication, Contusion, Crushed, Energized, Engineering Controls, Finger, Inexperience, Insufficient Supervision, Jammed, Laceration, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Cycled, Machine operator, Nip Point, Paper, Paper Roll, Power Roller, Roller--Mach/Part, Safety Device, Supervision
NAICS: 323111
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345879563
Employer profile: DIVERSIFIED LABELING SOLUTIONS, INC.
Summary number: 221453780
Report ID: 0521400

Event description

Employee crushes fingers in rollers while unjamming machine

Investigation abstract

At 8:55 a.m. on January 11, 2022, an employee was attempting to clear a roller of excess material after a line of paper snapped and jammed the machine with a label. At the same time, a coworker was feeding paper through the rollers and started the machine. As a result, the employee caught her hand in the machine and crushed her middle and ring fingers, requiring medical treatment without hospitalization.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 24 F

Event type
2

Occupation code
873

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