OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #887398
BETHLEHEM STEEL CORPORATION
SPARROWS POINT, MD·
Event description
Employee's fingers injured when caught in notching machine
Investigation abstract
On January 12, 1989, Employee #1 was unloading stock when his fingers became cau ght in the rotating blade of a wood notching machine. The employee was not aware that the machine was in operation. The notching machine has top and bottom head s. At the time of the accident, the top heads were still rotating while the bott om heads had been cut off.
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
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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