OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14387237
J C PENNEY CO INC
SCHAUMBURG, IL—
Event description
HYDRAULICALLY OPERATED DOOR ON BALER CAUGHT EMPLOYEES HAND
Investigation abstract
THE DOOR ON A BALER WOULD NOT CLOSE. THE OPERATOR OF THE BALER (EMPLOYEE #1) WEN T TO THE WAREHOUSE TO ASK ANOTHER EMPLOYEE (EMPLOYEE #2) , WHO WAS A STOCK HANDL ER, TO COME AND HELP HIM. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS TO CLOSE THE DOOR WHILE EMPLOYEE #1 OP ERATED THE CONTROL BUTTONS. EMPLOYEE #2 PLACED HIS HANDS ON THE DOOR TO CLOSE IT . NO ONE WARNED HIM ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF THE HINGED DOOR CLOSING AND CATCHIN G HIS HAND IN A PINCH POINT, WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENED. EMPLOYEE #2 LOST ONE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND AND WAS HOSPITALIZED.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 18 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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