OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #823591
AMPUTATED,FINGER,GLOVE,WORK RULES,JAMMED,ROLLER--MACH/PART,FORMING MACHINE
Event description
EMPLOYEE'S FINGER AMPUTATED IN ROLL MACHINE
Investigation abstract
ABOUT 1 INCH OF EMPLOYEE #1'S MIDDLE FINGER WAS AMPUTATED WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO F REE A PIECE OF METAL STOCK JAMMED IN A FORM ROLL MACHINE. ONCE FREED, THE METAL STOCK CONTINUED TOWARD THE FORM SECTION OF THE UNIT. HIS GLOVE SNAGGED ON A JAGG ED PIECE OF METAL, FORCING HIS HAND TO A POINT WHERE THE METAL STOCK BISECTS TWO 3 INCH DIAMETER METAL ROLLERS.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 707
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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