OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14484638
IMPERIAL MANUFACTURING COMP
CHEEKTOWAGA, NY—
Event description
Employee injured when caught in printing press
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was in his fourth month of a one year on-the-job training program to become a printer. He was monitoring the printed wallpaper and making adjustment s to ensure its quality. Noticing that there was more color on the paper than th ere should have been, he picked up a small hand brush and started to clean the p aint roller while the printer continued to operate. Employee #1 became caught in the nip point between the print roller and the cylinder of the Waldren surface printer, serial #1626. He broke two fingers and suffered extensive muscle damage and skin abrasions on both arms. Employee #1 did not follow approved procedures or use approved equipment for this cleaning operation.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 17
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 2
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