OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #889048
SUPERFOS PACKAGING INC.
CUMBERLAND, MD·
Event description
Employee injures fingers in press machine
Investigation abstract
On Tuesday morning, November 1, 1988, Employee #1, a printer, was removing forei eceived three months training prior to being assigned to this machine. The accid ent was caused by employee misconduct. The machine is guarded by location. gn matter from a form roll on the rear of a Kase Offset Press, model #KSP-612. H e reached 68 1/2 in. above the floor into the roller area and was wiping dust an d debris off the form with a paper towel when his fingers became caught between an 8 in. by 19 1/2 in. form roll and the 1/2 in. metal shaft that drives the ink flow. He sustained bruises and contusions that required hospitalization. The em ployee had climbed over a conveyor to get to the restricted area while the machi ne was in operation, and he had not locked the machine out prior to cleaning, bo th of which are violations of employer policies and training. The employee had r
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 734
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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