OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #969618
SMURFIT-STONE CONTAINER CORP
SALT LAKE CITY, UT·
Event description
Employee's arm cut when caught between roller cutting bar
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was the assistant operator for a Universal tuber. A wall of paper fo r a paper bag broke. After the paper had been rethreaded through the machine, Em ployee #1 stuck his hand into the machine to retrieve a piece of paper that had wrapped around one of the rollers of the tube cutting bar unit. Employee #1 did not follow policy and lock out the machine before clearing the machine. One of t he machine stops was near Employee #1. Employee #1's right forearm was cut when the cutting bar came around. He was hospitalized and underwent surgery for the c ut on his arm.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 17
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 779
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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