OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #825331
LITZ PRINTING
BALTIMORE, MD·
Event description
Employee's thumb injured in unguarded roller gears
Investigation abstract
On July 9, 1987, Employee #1 was operating a printing press when his left thumb became caught in the gears that were located 2 to 3 in. from the press frame. He had removed the roller gear guards approximately three months before to clean/l ubricate the dampener rollers. They were never replaced.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 53 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 734
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 1
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