OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #893370

AMPUTATED,SHOULDER,WORK RULES,CLEANING,CAUGHT BY,LOCKOUT,BALER,ARM,RAM

1988-07-15T00:00:00

Event: AMPUTATED,SHOULDER,WORK RULES,CLEANING,CAUGHT BY,LOCKOUT,BALER,ARM,RAM
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 893370
Report ID: 355114

Event description

Employee's arm amputated in baler

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 had his arm in a baler machine while he was cleaning it. The machine was not locked out. A limit switch was bumped and the machine's ram went up, ca ught the employee at the shoulder, and amputated his arm.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M

Nature of injury
1

Part of body
22

Event type
2

Source
26

Occupation code
758

Human factor
13

Environmental factor
1

Task assigned
1

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