OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #686626
DUPLEX PRODUCTS INC.
SALT LAKE CITY, UT·
Event description
Employee's thumb amputated by ink roller on printing press
Investigation abstract
On the afternoon of November 5, 1986, Employee #1 was using a cloth to clean exc ess ink buildup from the dam roller on a printing press. The rag was folded into a tight square that was saturated with alcohol. Apparently, the form rollers, w hich are located above the dam rollers, ensnared his T-shirt and then his hair, pulling him toward the rotating rollers. Employee #1 then shoved himself away fr om the press and landed on the floor, not realizing that his thumb had been caug ht in the rollers and amputated.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 734
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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