OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #760553

FRACTURE,AMPUTATED,FINGER,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BY,LOCKOUT,ROLLER--MACH/PART,ARM,SET UP,SLITTER

1989-12-06T00:00:00

Event: FRACTURE,AMPUTATED,FINGER,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BY,LOCKOUT,ROLLER--MACH/PART,ARM,SET UP,SLITTER
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 760553
Report ID: 453710

Event description

Employee's fingers amputated in slitting machine rollers

Investigation abstract

At approximately 2:00 p.m. on October 9, 1989, Employee #1 was operating a preci sion slitting machine to slit a roll of aluminum to a certain width. He was sett ing up the machine and ensuring it was operating correctly when he noticed some of the aluminum was not being slit correctly. Employee #1 apparently reached int o the machine to retrieve some material or make some other type of adjustment wh en his right arm got caught in the machine. His right arm was pulled through a s et of rollers, resulting in the amputation of his right thumb and forefinger and multiple compound fractures of his right arm. Employee #1 was hospitalized and will undergo several surgeries to repair his injuries.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M

Nature of injury
1

Part of body
2

Event type
2

Source
26

Occupation code
769

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
1

Task assigned
2

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