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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #824300

WORK RULES,CLEANING,LOCKOUT,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,HAND,PRESS

Event
WORK RULES,CLEANING,LOCKOUT,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,HAND,PRESS
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
824300
Report ID
352420

Event description

EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN FOLDING ARM AND TURRET OF PRESS

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1 AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE CLEANING THE #2 HESSER PACKAGING PRESS. TH E MACHINE WAS SET IN JOG MODE AND ENERGIZED THE WITH SAFETY DOORS (SEE THROUGH P LEXIGLASS) OPENED. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CLEANING THE FOLDING ARM OF THE MANDRILL WHEN THE OTHER EMPLOYEE ACTIVATED THE MACHINE BY PRESSING THE UMBILICAL JOG SWITCH. THE MANDRILL TURRET MOVED TO THE FOLDING ARM, CATCHING EMPLOYEE #1'S HAND IN A S PACE 1/32 INCH WIDE BETWEEN THE TURRET AND ARM. HIS HAND WAS SEVERELY CRUSHED, B UT DID NOT NEED TO BE AMPUTATED.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 38 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    12
    Event type
    2
    Source
    26
    Occupation code
    518
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    1
    Task assigned
    1

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