OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #824060
CONTINENTAL CAN COMPANY, INC.
BALTIMORE, MD·
Event description
Employee's finger amputated when caught in machine
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was operating an 8-CD-7 machine, serial #15770, and attempted to cle an the 8-CD compound nozzle tip without turning off the machine. The tip of the middle finger on his left hand was amputated. The machine is part of a process o f punching, forming, and applying compound to 6 3/16 in. diameter finished can l ids. The machine should have been shut down prior to attempting to clean the noz zle. Employee #1 had worked on this press for approximately seven years.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 47 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 706
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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