OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #822502
FRACTURE,MAINTENANCE,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,THUMB,STRUCK BY,HAND,MEAT GRINDER
Event description
EMPLOYEE'S THUMB FRACURED WHEN STRUCK BY MACHINE CARRIAGE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, WORKING BY HIMSELF, WAS REASSEMBLING A ROSS MEAT TENDERIZER. AGAINS T COMPANY POLICY, HE WAS WORKING WITH THE MACHINE'S CARRIAGE IN THE "UP" POSITIO N. THE MACHINE CANNOT BE STARTED WHEN THE GUARDS ARE RAISED. THE TENDERIZER IS H YDRAULICALLY OPERATED. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS REACHING FOR A PIECE TO FINISH THE ASSEMB LY WHEN THE AIR PRESSURE RELEASED. THIS CAUSED THE CARRIAGE TO COME DOWN ON HIS HAND, BREAKING HIS LEFT THUMB. THE EMPLOYEE REMAINED CAUGHT IN THE MACHINE FOR A PPROXIMATELY 1 1/2 HOURS. THE CARRIAGE WAS BEING ASSEMBLED IN THE WRONG POSITION . ACCORDING TO MANAGEMENT, ALL EMPLOYEES ARE TRAINED AND SHOWN A VIDEO TAPE OF T HE PROPER OPERATION OF THIS MACHINE.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 42 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 433
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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