OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #745232
L. J. COWIE COMPANY, INC.
ROCKVILLE, MD·
Event description
Employee's fingers crushed in printing press
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was feeding paper stock into a 1965 Carver die stamping #161-A serie s printing press to print business cards. His left hand was contacted by the die of the press and his index and middle fingers were crushed. The Carver press wa s not equipped with a point of operation guard that prevented body parts from en tering the danger zone.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 17 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 734
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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