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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #709642

DIE,FRACTURE,FINGER,POINT OF OPERATION,THERMOFORMER,MACHINE--MISC

Event
DIE,FRACTURE,FINGER,POINT OF OPERATION,THERMOFORMER,MACHINE--MISC
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
709642
Report ID
854910

Event description

Employee's finger fractured in thermoformer

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 inadvertently reached into the die of a plastic thermoform machine w hile trying to correct a product feed problem between two automatic forming and cutting machines. His ring finger was fractured.

Victims (2)

  1. #1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 49 M

    Nature of injury
    7
    Part of body
    10
    Event type
    2
    Source
    26
    Occupation code
    719
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    1
    Task assigned
    1
  2. #981 Degree 0 Age 0

    Nature of injury
    0
    Part of body
    0
    Event type
    0
    Source
    0
    Occupation code
    0
    Human factor
    0
    Environmental factor
    0
    Task assigned
    0

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