OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #670927
SHEAR,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,CONVEYOR,ARM,RAM
Event description
Employee's arm caught between shear ram and roller conveyor
Investigation abstract
At approximately 10:36 p.m. on October 29, 1985, Employee #1 was helping a cowor t position as he pushed the last piece through the shear. After the final piece was in position, the operator on the front side tripped the shear and the ram ca me down on Employee #1's arm, crushing it in the 2 in. space between the ram and the conveyor. Employee #1 sustained severe muscle and nerve damage and was hosp italized. ker insert a 72 by 127 in. piece of sheet metal into the point of operation on t he back side of a 12 ft Cincinnati mechanical shear. After two approximately 21 by 127 in. pieces were cut, Employee #1 squatted down beside a roller conveyor t hat was on his right side between him and the coworker. The conveyor extended ap proximately 4 in. under the ram of the shear. As Employee #1 was waiting for the first piece to be checked for size, he rested his arm on the conveyor. It was n ecessary for him to be in a low position in order to push the sheet metal past t he blade and hold it down past the guard and he continued to keep his arm in tha
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 47 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 715
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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