OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14464051
HERCULES INC
TERRE HAUTE, IN—
Event description
EMPLOYEE INJURED WHEN CAUGHT IN UNGUARDED NIP POINT
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 6:50 AM, ON SEPTEMBER 18, 1984, EMPLOYEE #1 WENT TO CLEAN WHITE GUARDED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. PLASTIC RESIDUE OUT OF THE GRINDER SYSTEM BY RUNNING CLEAR PLASTIC THROUGH THE MITSUBISHI TRIMMER, SERIAL NUMBER BOT-55 (IN THE TENTER PLANT) AND DOWN THE CHUT E TO THE GRINDER. THIS INVOLVED RUNNING THE PLASTIC THROUGH A NIP POINT CREATED BY A 17.72 INCH TAKE-UP ROLL AND AN 11.02 INCH RUBBER NIP ROLL, 75.72 INCHES ABO VE THE FLOOR, AND THEN DOWN THROUGH THE CHUTE TO THE GRINDER. IN THE PROCESS OF THREADNG THE PLASTIC, EMPLOYEE #1 BECAME CAUGHT IN THE NIP POINT, PULLING HER IN UP TO HER SHOULDERS, BRUISING HER ARMS, CRACKING FIVE RIBS AND LEAVING HER UNCO NSCIOUS. CPR WAS PERFORMED TO RESTORE BREATHING AND PULSE. THE NIP POINT WAS NOT
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 31 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 715
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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