OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #829721
NO FRILLS SUPERMARKETS, INC.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA·
Event description
Employee's hand severed in baler
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was putting cardboard in a baler when he noticed loose cardboard sti cking out. He pushed the material in and his right hand was caught and severed b y the baler. The baler had two-hand controls, but was operating with only one as the second was not working. There were no devices to keep the operator's body o ut of the running machine.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 18 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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