OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #739862
AMPUTATED,FINGER,CLEANING,SAW,AIR HOSE,ENTANGLED,BLADE,INATTENTION,MACHINE--MISC
Event description
EMPLOYEE LOST TWO FINGERS IN A COPY SHAPER MACHINE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS THE OPERATOR OF A COPY-SHAPER MACHINE. THIS AUTOMATED MACHINE RE QUIRES LOADING AND UNLOADING OF THE CARRIAGE. THE CARRIAGE TRAVELS TOWARDS FOUR SHAPER BLADES, ONE OF WHICH PROJECTS OUTWARD TO CUT THE WOOD. THE CUT PIECE THEN TRAVELS FURTHER TO BE SANDED. WHEN THE SANDING IS COMPLETE, THE CARRIAGE RETURN S TO ITS ORGINAL POSITION. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED AFTER THE SANDING SEQUENCE. WHI LE THE CARRIAGE WAS RETURNING, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS USING AN AIR-HOSE TO BLOW OFF THE ROTATING SHAPER BLADES. THE AIR NOZZLE GOT TANGLED IN THE BLADES, CAUSING HIS H AND TO BE YANKED INTO THE BLADES. TWO FINGERS WERE AMPUTATED.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 18
- Occupation code
- 728
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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