OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #891465
PRINTING PRESS,FINGER,WORK RULES,CLEANING,ROLLER--MACH/PART,LACERATION,NIP POINT,HAND
Event description
Employee's finger lacerated by printing press roller
Investigation abstract
The company had recently installed a Heidelberg printing press. On January 26, 1 was a company rule against touching any moving equipment. The roll on which Empl oyee #1 was caught was guarded by its location. 990, at 11:30 a.m., the pressman was at the front of the press, washing the roll s with the press running. Employee #1, a pressman assigned to another press, too k it upon himself to get on the platform in back of the press to watch the clean ing of the interior rolls. Employee #1, although not assigned to this press, sai d that he had experience on this type of press and had adjusted its rolls a week earlier. He said that one of the rolls didn't appear to be getting clean and he reached his hand inside the press to touch the roll. The roll ahead of it caugh t his hand. His right index finger was lacerated, requiring ten stitches. There
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 734
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 2
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