OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #824300
AMSTAR SUGAR CORPORATION
BALTIMORE, MD·
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
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#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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