OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #824912
PRECISION THERMOFORMING & PACKAGING INC
BALTIMORE, MD·
Event description
EMPLOYEE'S FINGERS AND THUMB AMPUTATED IN MOLDING MACHINE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS SETTING UP A DIE CUTTING OPERATION IN A PLASTIC MOLDING MACHINE. SO THAT HE COULD MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE DIE, HE DEFEATED THE MACHINE'S INTERLO CK. HE WAS THEN ABLE TO OPERATE THE MACHINE WITHOUT THE BARRIER GUARDING IN PLAC E. WHILE REACHING INTO THE DIE AREA, AND WITH THE MACHINE SET ON AUTOMATIC, THE MACHINE ACTIVATED. HIS RIGHT HAND WAS CAUGHT IN THE DIE AREA. HIS RIGHT THUMB AN D THREE FINGERS WERE AMPUTATED.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 503
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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