OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #704759
FRACTURE,MAINTENANCE,PRINTING PRESS,AMPUTATED,FINGER,WORK RULES,CLEANING,ROLLER--MACH/PART,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED
Event description
EMPLOYEE CAUGHT FINGERS BETWEEN PRINTING PRESS ROLLERS
Investigation abstract
ON OCTOBER 28, 1986, WEB PRINTING PRESS, UNIT #2 WAS SHUT DOWN FOR CLEANING AND TURN. THE TWO EBONITE ROLLERS MEASURED ABOUT 40 INCHES LONG AND WERE SEPARATED B Y ABOUT A HALF INCH. THEY ARE ABOUT 5 FEET ABOVE FLOOR LEVEL. THREE FINGERS ON E MPLOYEE #1'S LEFT HAND RECEIVED LACERATIONS AND CRUSHED BONES. ONE FINGERTIP WAS PARTIALLY AMPUTATED. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS HOSPITALIZED. MAINTENANCE. AT ABOUT 8 PM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CLEANING THE INSIDE PANELS ON THE BA CK SIDE OF THE PRESS. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING THE ROLLERS ON THE FRONT OF THE PRESS. SOME ROLLERS WERE REMOVED FROM THE TOP SECTION OF THE PRINTING PRESS. THE OTHER EMPLOYEE WAS JOGGING THE ROLLERS, USING THE "INCH" BUTTON, AND WIPING THEM WITH A RAG WETTED WITH CLEANING SOLUTION. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ATTEMPTING TO WI PE OFF AN INK SPOT, WHICH HAD DRIPPED ONTO ONE OF THE ROLLERS, WHEN HIS FINGERS WERE SUDDENLY CAUGHT AND PULLED BETWEEN THE ROTATING ROLLERS. THE OTHER EMPLOYEE HAD PRESSED THE "INCH" BUTTON, WHICH HAD CAUSED THE ROLLERS TO ROTATE 1/3 OF A
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 734
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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