OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #709196
PRIME PLASTIC INC.
SALT LAKE CITY, UT·
Event description
FINGERS AND THUMB AMPUTATED IN THERMOFORMING MACHINE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING ON A (PLASTIC) THERMOFORMING MACHINE - PI 1600. HE WAS U NLOADING TRIMMED PLASTIC PARTS FROM THE MACHINE WHEN HE INADVERTENTLY ACTIVATED THE REMOTE SWITCH, ACTIVATING THE DIE RAM. THE RAM LOWERED AND AMPUTATED THREE F INGERS AND THE THUMB ON HIS RIGHT HAND. THE EMPLOYEE WAS USING THE MACHINE, WHIC H WAS DESIGNED AS A CONTINUOUS FEED MACHINE, WITH BOTH SIDE GUARDS REMOVED. MICR O SWITCHES HAD BEEN TAPED DOWN AND REWIRED TO BYPASS THE SWITCH DISCONNECTS. THE MACHINE WAS NOT DESIGNED FOR SELF-FEED AND REMOVAL OF TRIMMED PLASTIC PRODUCTS.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 755
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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