OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #892646

AMPUTATED,FINGER,ROTATING KNIFE,WORK RULES,CLEANING,JAMMED,LOCKOUT,PAPER MACHINE,UNGUARDED

1989-11-20T00:00:00

Event: AMPUTATED,FINGER,ROTATING KNIFE,WORK RULES,CLEANING,JAMMED,LOCKOUT,PAPER MACHINE,UNGUARDED
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 892646
Report ID: 352430

Event description

Employee's fingertips amputated by rotating knife

Investigation abstract

At 2:50 p.m. on November 20, 1989, heavy paper being made on the #2 paper making machine was jamming and piling up ahead of the rotating knife that cuts the pap er into sheets. Employee #1 took hold of the paper and tried to pull it away fro m the knife. The knife caught the paper and pulled it. Employee #1's left hand w as pulled into the machine and struck the knife, which amputated the ring and mi ddle fingertips.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 26 M

Nature of injury
1

Part of body
10

Event type
2

Source
26

Occupation code
779

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
3

Task assigned
1

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