OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #997387
HOME CREST CORPORATION
GOSHEN, IN·
Event description
Employee's fingers caught in nip point
Investigation abstract
At approximately 6:05 a.m. on January 13, 1988, Employee #1 was wiping the dust from the 68 1/4 long by 27 inch round metal roll on the east side of a laminatin g machine. The rag caught between the top two rolls and pulled his left hand int o the nip point, crushing and lacerating his left hand and fingers. Although Emp loyee #1 was not hospitalized, he said that his ring fingertip may have to be am putated at a later date.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 753
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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