OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #707745
NATIONAL CAN CORP
BALTIMORE, MD·
Event description
Employee's fingers amputated between rollers
Investigation abstract
On January 13, 1986, Employee #1, a set up and litho operator for the National C #1 had 3,000 hours of mandatory training time. an Corporation, Baltimore, MD, was preparing the #4 Wagner spot coater for opera tion during the first shift. The four coaters, manufactured by the National Mach inery Systems Division, Rome, NY, are made to spot coat sheet metal. After filli ng the fountain reservoir with lacquer, Employee #1 noticed that it was overflow ing. He began to wipe up the spillage from the take away belts with a balled up rag. Somehow the rag became caught on the application roller and his right hand was caught between between the application and distribution rollers. His right i ndex finger and half of each of his three other fingers were amputated. Employee
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 735
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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