OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14465066
GOLDEN OPERATIONS CWC CASTINGS
COLUMBUS, IN—
Event description
INJURY TO RIGHT ARM & HAND DUE TO CLOSING OF BOX LID
Investigation abstract
ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1984, AT APPROXIMATELY 10:40 AM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CLEANI NG A CORE BOX WITH AN AIR NOZZLE. HE SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE RIGHT ARM AND HAN D WHEN THE CORE BOXES OF THE #15 EDGE BLOW MACHINE IN THE SHELL CORE DEPARTMENT CLOSED. THE CORE BOXES WERE OPEN, SO THE EMPLOYEE REACHED IN TO TO CLEAN THE REA R PORTION. THE BOX LIDS CLOSED BEFORE THE EMPLOYEE COULD REMOVE HIS ARM.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 48 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 22
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 758
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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