OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #969535
SUN PLASTICS INC
SALT LAKE CITY, UT·
Event description
EMPLOYEE'S HAND INJURED IN DIE OF INJECTION PRESS
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A PLASTIC INJECTION MOLD PRESS MAKING CHILDREN'S MEDIC INE DISPENSERS ("ALLIGATORS"). THE PRESS WAS SET FOR A 30 TO 35 SECOND CYCLE. EM PLOYEE #1 REACHED INTO THE DIE TO REMOVE A FOREIGN OBJECT, WITH THE GUARDS STILL IN PLACE, AND GOT HIS HAND CAUGHT IN THE DIE WHEN THE MACHINE CYCLED.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 719
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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