OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #672568
AMPUTATED,FINGER,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BY,MECH MALFUNCTION,MOLD
Event description
Employee's finger amputated by plastic mold
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was manually removing plastic waste baskets from a mold. The machine normally had a robot that removes parts, but it was not functioning. The plate that forms the bottom of the wastebasket pneumatically ejects the parts from the mold, then retracts into position. Employee #1 caught her finger in the pinch p oint while removing the part.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 46 F
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 719
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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