OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #743062

FRACTURE,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BY,ROLLER--MACH/PART,CRUSHED,ARM,NIP POINT,HAND,UNGUARDED

1989-06-28T00:00:00

Event: FRACTURE,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BY,ROLLER--MACH/PART,CRUSHED,ARM,NIP POINT,HAND,UNGUARDED
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 743062
Report ID: 951510

Event description

Employee's arm crushed when caught in rollers

Investigation abstract

On June 28, 1989, Employee #1 was feeding a fabricated wooden jack into the roll ers when his hand became caught. Eventually his whole arm was pulled through and crushed. The bones in his right arm, from the wrist to the shoulder, were fract ured.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 20 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
2

Event type
2

Source
26

Occupation code
873

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
1

Hazardous substance
8880

Task assigned
1

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