OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14197669
ARMCO INC
BALTIMORE, MD—
Event description
FINGER PULLED INTO BAR BY MOVING SAW BLADE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING TO SAW A BAR ON A #4 COLD SAW IN BAR FINISHING WAREHOUSE. THE SAW MACHINE WAS A MECHANICUT 4X4 SAW, SN M14-629-B-68, MANUFACTURED BY PEER LESS MACHINE CO., OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN. THE MACHINE CUT BARS WITH A HACK SAW TYPE BLADE AND MOTION. WHILE THE BLADE WAS MOVING BACK AND FORTH AND NOT YET TOUCHING THE BAR, THE EMPLOYEE TRIED TO CHECK THE SHARPNESS OF THE BLADE BY PLACING HER GLOVEDRIGHT HAND ON THE TEETH OF THE MOVING BLADE. THE TEETH OF THE BLADE CAUGHT THE GLOVE AND PULLED HER HAND INTO THE BAR, CAUSING A CUT AND FRACTURE OF THE R H MIDDLE FINGER.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 41 F
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 715
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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