OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #964379

PRINTING PRESS,OFFSET PRESS,FINGER,GUARD,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BETWEEN,DISLOCATED,PRESS OPERATOR,HAND,PUNCTURE

1990-01-08T00:00:00

Event: PRINTING PRESS,OFFSET PRESS,FINGER,GUARD,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BETWEEN,DISLOCATED,PRESS OPERATOR,HAND,PUNCTURE
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 964379
Report ID: 352420

Event description

Employee's hand injured when caught in printing press

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was operating an AB Dick 395 offset printing press. He was standing at the receiver end and reached under the machine guard to catch a sheet of prin ted paper. His hand became caught between the moving paper carrier bar and a sta tionary bar. A bone in his middle finger was dislocated and his skin was punctur ed. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 29 M

Nature of injury
9

Part of body
10

Event type
2

Source
26

Occupation code
734

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
2

Task assigned
1

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