OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #971481
SEVERED,REPAIR,THREADING MACHINE,FINGER,PUMP,GEAR,UNGUARDED
Event description
Employee's finger severed while repairing vacuum pump
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was repairing an oil recirculating vacuum pump hose in a pipe thread ing machine when he accidentally stuck his hand into the drive gears, severing h is right ring finger. Repair work required that the machine housing be removed a nd that the machine be running in order to prime the vacuum pump.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 18 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 21
- Occupation code
- 715
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 2
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