OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #691279
CONSTRUCTION,CAUGHT BETWEEN,LACERATION,HAND,HOPPER
Event description
Employee's hand(s) injured when caught between paddles
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was feeding a rock wool/cement mixture into the hopper of a machine that chops and blows the mixture onto ceiling members as fireproofing. His hands became caught between the machine's paddles and he suffered a severe laceration for which he was hospitalized.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 1
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