OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14459622
CROCKER H S COMPANY INC
DUNDALK, MD—
Event description
Employees toes amputated by lowering pallet of paper
Investigation abstract
A pallet of paper containing 5000 to 7500 sheets and weighing 4500 pounds had be mployee at the controls could not see Employee #1's feet. The pallet came down o n Employee #1's left foot, amputating three toes and partially amputating a four th. The plate came down slowly but the injured employee was unable to react in t ime to prevent injury. Employee #1 had worked for this company only 2.5 months a nd had worked on this job only 2 weeks. There was no prescribed procedure for lo wering the pallet. A runway to guard the floor depression was available, but its use was not required. Employees received on-the-job training with one helper tr aining another. en printed with labels on a 77-in. Miehle offset press. The pallet was on a 2-in . by 66.5-in. by 97.5-in. steel plate, weighing 500 to 1000 pounds. The pallet p late was held by chains and lowered by an electric hoist into a 2-in. depression in the floor so that the plate was level with the floor and so that the pallet of paper could be taken out with a handtruck. As one employee lowered the materi al slowly using the controls on other side of press, Employee #1 stood on the fl oor with his hands up holding the paper straight on top of the pallet. He inadve rtently placed his left foot over the edge of the depression in the floor. The e
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 873
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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