OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14463830
CMA SUPPLY CO INC
INDIANAPOLIS, IN—
Event description
FINGERS AMPUTATED BY VERTICAL ROTATING KNIVES
Investigation abstract
ON FEBRUARY 23,1984, AT ABOUT 2:30 PM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS SLITTING 3' X 5' SHEETS O F EXPANSION JOINT MATERIAL (ASPHALT IMPREGNATED FIBER BOARD) ON THE FIVE KNIFE S LITTER, LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWEST SECTION OF THE SHOP. HE WAS WORKING ALONE SO TH ERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO WHAT HAPPENED. SOMEHOW HIS FINGERS CAME INTO CONTACT WI TH THE KNIVES, AMPUTATING THEM. CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT IS UNKNOWN SINCE THE EMPLO YER WOULD NOT ALLOW THE EMPLOYEE TO BE INTERVIEWED.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 769
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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