OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14201255
TATE ARCHITECTURAL PRODUCTS INC
JESSUP, MD—
Event description
HAND CAUGHT IN NUT THREADING MACHINE
Investigation abstract
THE EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING A SNOW TAPPER NUT THREADING MACHINE, MODEL #TA5RM IN TH E HOLLOW STUD SHOP. THE MACHINE BECAME JAMMED AND SHE TRIED TO DISLODGE THE PIEC E WITH AN ALLEN WRENCH. SHE WAS WEARING CLOTH GLOVES AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT . HER GLOVE AND LEFT HAND WERE PULLED INTO THE SPINDLE OF THE MACHINE. THIS RESU LTED IN CONTUSIONS AND SWELLING TO HER HAND. THE MACHINE WAS UNGUARDED AT THE PO INT OF OPERATION. SHE WAS TRAINED IN THIS JOB FOR APPROXIMATELY THREE TO FOUR HO URS BY A FELLOW EMPLOYEE.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 32 F
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 725
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 1
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