OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #607317
GLOVE,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BY,LACERATION,ARM,NIP POINT
Event description
EMPLOYEE INJURED WHEN ARM CUT DURING COILING OF STEEL
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS INSERTING 48 INCH STRIPS OF CARDBOARD INTO THE IN-RUNNING NIP PO D TO INSERT CARDBOARD TO MAINTAIN TENSION IN THE COIL. INT OF STAINLESS STEEL AS IT WAS BEING RECOILED. THE CARDBOARD WAS ONLY INSERTED DURING SMALL CUTS OF 1/2 INCH TO 1 3/4 INCH TO FILL OPEN SPACES IN THE COIL. TH E RUBBER-TYPE GLOVES THAT EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WEARING MAY HAVE CAUGHT ON THE STEEL A ND PULLED HIS HAND IN WITH THE CARDBOARD. AS IT WAS PULLED IN, HIS ARM WAS SEVER LY CUT BY THE OVERARM SEPARATOR BLADES. THE OPERATOR SAW WHAT HAD HAPPENED, HIT THE EMERGENCY BUTTON AND RAISED THE SEPARATOR BAR TO RELEASE THE EMPLOYEE. EMPLO YEE #1 WAS HOSPITALIZED AND MAY NEED TO HAVE HIS ARM AMPUTATED DUE TO SEVERELY D AMAGED ARTERTIES AND VEINS. TENSION DEVICES ARE AVAILABLE THAT ELIMINATE THE NEE
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 22
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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