OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #704239
CHAIN,FRACTURE,AMPUTATED,FINGER,WORK RULES,CLEANING,SPROCKET,NIP POINT,UNGUARDED
Event description
FINGERS CAUGHT IN CHAIN & SPROCKET
Investigation abstract
ON NOVEMBER 25, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING SPIRAL WOOD LID MACHINE #4. AT A BOUT 3:30 AM, THE SCRAP PAPER SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED. THE NIGHT SHIFT LEADER (WORK ING SUPERVISOR) DISCONNECTED THE SCRAP PAPER CHUTE. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS INSTRUCTED T O KEEP OPERATING HER MACHINE. AFTER THE SCRAP PAPER CHUTE WAS DISCONNECTED (AT A BOUT 5:05 AM), SCRAP PAPER BEGAN TO ACCUMULATE UNDER THE MACHINE. AS EMPLOYEE #1 WAS UNDER THE MACHINE, CLEANING OUT SCRAP PAPER BY HAND, SHE INADVERTENTLY MADE CONTACT WITH A CHAIN AND SPROCKET. HER HAND WAS CAUGHT IN THE NIP POINT, CAUSIN G THE AMPUTATION OF TWO FINGERS BELOW THE SECOND JOINT AND THE FRACTURE OF A THI RD FINGER. SHE WAS TRANSPORTED TO UNION MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 24 F
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 777
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 1
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