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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #707943

WORK RULES,ROLLER--MACH/PART,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,ARM,HAND TOOL,NIP POINT,UNTRAINED,HAND

Event
WORK RULES,ROLLER--MACH/PART,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,ARM,HAND TOOL,NIP POINT,UNTRAINED,HAND
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
707943
Report ID
352420

Event description

Employee's arm and hand crushed between rollers

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was attempting to feed paper between two rolls when his left hand be came caught in the nip point of the rolls, severely crushing his hand and arm. T here is a tool for performing this operation, but Employee #1 had not been instr ucted to use it and it was not located in the area where Employee #1 was working . The only training that Employee #1 had received was from watching others perfo rm the operation.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 24 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    2
    Event type
    2
    Source
    26
    Occupation code
    777
    Human factor
    9
    Environmental factor
    4
    Task assigned
    1

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