OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #758300
THE NEW YORK BLOWER COMPANY
LAPORTE, IN·
Event description
Employee's hand injured in roll forming machine
Investigation abstract
At approximately 1:30 p.m. on February 26, 1988, Employee #1, a welder/fabricato r for the New York Blower Company, was operating a Niagara roll forming machine, equipment #22 located in plant 1. While he was placing two 1/4 in. by 1 in. by 8 in. pieces into the point of operation, his glove caught on a burr on one of t he pieces and his hand was pulled into the nip point of the rolls. Employee #1 s uffered a crushed right hand and an amputation of the right index fingertip. The machine had two constant pressure pedals for the forward and reverse movement o f the rolls and a roll release bar.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 50 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 707
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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