OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #691824
AMERICAN NUTRITION INC
OGDEN, UT·
Event description
Employee's finger amputated in chain and sprocket
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 lifted a plastic guard on a Doboy ES-1000 roll and glue machine to s ecure a grease fitting tube that was leaking. His left little finger became caug ht in the chain and sprocket drive and was amputated. Employee #1 was hospitaliz ed. Employer policy required that the machine be shut off before repair or adjus tment. The machine was well guarded. Line workers are not required or allowed to make adjustment or repairs.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 888
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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