OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #707281
FRACTURE,MAINTENANCE,FINGER,STRUCK AGAINST,CAUGHT BETWEEN,MECH MALFUNCTION,UNGUARDED
Event description
Employee's finger fractured in unguarded pinch point
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was adjusting a control motor when she placed her right hand on the outer frame of the swing arm. The inner swing frame moved past a safety set (mec hanical stop), contacting her index finger and pulling it between the swing fram e and outer frame. Her finger was fractured.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 30 F
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 693
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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