OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #821579
FINGER,ROLLER--MACH/PART,CRUSHED
Event description
EMPLOYEE INJURED FINGER WHEN CAUGHT BETWEEN ROLLERS
Investigation abstract
On January 19, 1990, an employee was using a cloth to clean the carrier rollers on a folding machine while it was operating. When the main roller caught the cle aning cloth and pulled the employee's hand towards the roller. The roller crushe d one of the employee's fingers. The employee neglected to turn the power off to the machine while cleaning the roller resulting in the accident.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 737
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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