OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #707125
CONTINENTAL CAN COMPANY INC
BALTIMORE, MD·
Event description
EMPLOYEE'S FINGER LACERATED WHILE CLEANING OPERATING MACHINE
Investigation abstract
AT 4 AM ON MARCH 6, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING THE #1 WAGNER SHEET COATER. HAND OUT, RECEIVING LARCERATIONS TO HIS FOREFINGER AND MIDDLE FINGER, AND DISLO CATING HIS RING FINGER. UNDERNEATH THE MACHINE A 1 INCH DEEP, 28 X 42 INCH DRIP PAN FULL OF COATING LIQU ID WHICH NEEDED TO BE CLEANED BEFORE SHUTDOWN. THERE WAS A 3 1/2 INCH DIAMETER H ORIZONTAL SHAFT ROTATING 12 INCHES ABOVE THE PAN AND 28 INCHES ABOVE THE FLOOR. THE MECHANISM UNDER THE MACHINE WAS UNGUARDED DUE TO ITS LOCATION. HE DECIDED TO CLEAN THE PAN WITH THE MACHINE STILL RUNNING. THE COMPANY POLICY DOES NOT ALLOW CLEANING OR ADJUSTING NEAR MOVING PARTS. HE KNELT DOWN AND REACHED UNDER THE MA CHINE WITH RAGS TO SOAK UP THE LIQUID. A RAG CAUGHT ON THE SHAFT, CAUSING HIS RI GHT HAND TO BECOME CAUGHT BETWEEN THE SHAFT AND THE MACHINE FRAME. HE PULLED HIS
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 57 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 715
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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