OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #707042
FRACTURE,MAINTENANCE,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BY,LOCKOUT,ARM,COMMUNICATION,MACHINE--MISC
Event description
Employee's arm fractured in mesh making machine
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a helper on the #8 mesh making machine, saw that the mesh was windi d. Employee #1 yelled and coworkers cut the wire to free his arm. Employee #1 re quired hospitalization. He said that the employer had not stressed shutting off the pump before attempting adjustments. Communication between Employee #1 and th e operator was lacking. ng in a crooked manner. He pushed a button to stop the winder but not the button to stop the pump. Pushing the winder stop button stops the machine only briefly , and it starts up automatically if the pump is on. At the same time, the operat or was having a wire feed problem and stopped the whole machine. Employee #1 ass umed that the operator 31 ft away saw his problem, but he was mistaken. As Emplo yee #1 got behind the uptake and began to straighten the wire, the operator jogg ed the machine to circle the wirefeed, without seeing or thinking about Employee #1. His right arm was pulled into the machine by the mesh and slightly fracture
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 715
- Human factor
- 13
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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