OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #670950
AMPUTATED,FINGER,WORK RULES,CLOGGED,POINT OF OPERATION,PAPER,UNGUARDED
Event description
EMPLOYEE'S FINGERS AMPUTATED IN PAPER CUTTING MACHINE
Investigation abstract
AT 8:45 AM ON OCTOBER 2, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 AMPUTATED HER RIGHT INDEX AND LITTLE DING, FAILURE TO USE LOCK OUT PROCEDURES, AND FAILURE TO USE HAND TOOLS TO REMOV E STUCK WORK FROM THE POINT OF OPERATION. FINGERS BEHIND THE FINGERNAILS. ALSO, HER RIGHT MIDDLE AND RING FINGERS WERE AMP UTATED BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND JOINTS. SHE WAS OPERATING AN ARTOS AUTOMATIC MEASURING AND CUTTING MACHINE, MODEL #MLC-14, MACHINE #16645, LOCATED IN LINE # 5 OF THE COMPANY'S SEALER DEPARTMENT. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN ANOTHER EMPLOYE E, WORKING WITH EMPLOYEE #1, INADVERTENTLY TURNED THE MACHINE ON WHILE EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE SOME PAPER STUCK IN THE POINT OF OPERATION. AFTER TH E ACCIDENT EMPLOYEE #1 WAS TAKEN TO DEACONESS HOSPITAL IN EVANSVILLE, INDIANA. T HIS ACCIDENT RESULTED FROM A FAILURE TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE POINT OF OPERATION GUAR
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 31 F
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 796
- Human factor
- 13
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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