OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #892992
MAINTENANCE,THUMB,CAUGHT BETWEEN
Event description
EMPLOYEE'S THUMB CAUGHT BETWEEN MACHINE PARTS
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was clearing debris from machine while it was running. His right thu mb was caught in the plunger outer perimeter and a stationary section of the mac hine. He suffered laceration of the right thumb, causing the removal of the thum b nail.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 518
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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