OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14460315
CINDARN PLASTIC INC
BALTO, MD—
Event description
Employee's hand lacerated in plastic shear
Investigation abstract
Employee #1's job was to put plastic holders into a box. The excess plastic trav eled 7 in. on a conveyor to a cutting shear with a 30 in. long blade. After bein g cut, the plastic went through a metal slot into another box. The cutting shear was 52 1/2 in. above the floor. A clear plastic guard stood 13 in. above the sh ear and extended 40 in. from the blade to the operator. Employee #1 reached over or around the guard and suffered a cut requiring 19 stitches to close.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 73
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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