OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #673038
MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL TILE WORKS
REDFIELD, IA·
Event description
Employee's finger amputated in ingoing nip point
Investigation abstract
On June 23, 1987, Employee #1 was working on a main assembly line, a conveyor th at moves Firmes tiles through the coating process. Employee #1 stood next to the line and inspected the tiles for any defects. If she saw a bad tile, she grabbe d it off the line. She stated that she grabbed for a tile and amputated her righ t index finger. The machine was not guarded to protect the tile line inspection station from the hazards of ingoing nip points.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 30 F
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 796
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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