OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14457790
LANDERKING METAL PRODUCTS
BALTIMORE, MD—
Event description
EMPLOYEE'S PENIS CAUGHT IN IN-ROLLS OF "LOWN" MACHINE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ROLLING EXPANDED METAL PIECES MEASURING 30 INCHES BY 66 INCHES B Y 3/32 INCH THICK INTO 22 INCH DIAMETER CYLINDERS ON A 50 INCH "LOWN" MACHINE. T HE IN-RUNNING NIP POINT OF THE ROLLS WAS 28 INCHES ABOVE THE FLOOR. THE ROUGH ED GE ON ONE OF THE METAL PIECES BECAME CAUGHT ON THE MATERIAL OF THE FRONT OF HIS TROUSERS AT THE FLY. AS THE METAL WAS PULLED INTO THE ROLLS, IT PULLED THE TROUS ER MATERIAL IN WITH IT. THE EMPLOYEE'S PENIS FORESKIN WAS ALSO PULLED INTO THE R OLLS. BEFORE THE EMPLOYEE COULD REVERSE THE ROLLS HE RECEIVED A LACERATION IN TH E PENIS FORESKIN WHICH HAD TO BE STITCHED AT THE HOSPITAL.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 707
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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