OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #878900
BURN,MACHINIST,CLEANING,CAUGHT BY,TORSO,ROLLER--MACH/PART,ARM,GUIDE,NIP POINT
Event description
Employee burned when arm caught in machinery
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a machine operator, was cleaning a guide roll on a tenter machine. He was kneeling and using a scraper to clean off the excess acrylic foam on the roll. As Employee #1 was cleaning the roll for the second time, his arm got caug ht and he was dragged under the roll and platform. He suffered burns to his arm and side.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 749
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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