OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14549190
H & U INC
HONOLULU, HI—
Event description
HAND AND ARM CAUGHT IN FEEDER BAR
Investigation abstract
ON JANUARY 25, 1985, AT APPROXIMATELY 8:30 AM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING AT HIS NO REATTACHED. RMAL JOB AS A NOODLE MAKER. HE WAS INSTRUCTED TO FEED MIXED DOUGH FROM A FEEDER PAN ONTO ROLLING PINS TO PRODUCE SHEETS OF DOUGH. THE FEEDER PAN WAS EQUIPPED WI TH AN INOPERABLE GUARD, WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO PROTECT THE EMPLOYEE'S HANDS AND F INGERS FROM A ROTATING BAR ON THE BOTTOM OF THE FEEDER PAN. THE INTERLOCK SWITCH WAS TAPED IN THE "ON" (BYPASSED) POSITION. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CLEANING THE ROTATIN G BAR WITH HIS FINGERS WHEN HIS FINGERS WERE CAUGHT UNDER THE BAR. HIS HAND, AND THEN HIS ARM, WERE DRAWN UNDER THE BAR. FINALLY, HIS HAND, FINGERS, AND PART OF HIS ARM WERE RIPPED OFF. HE WAS IMMEDIATELY HOSPITALIZED AND HIS ARM SURGICALLY
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 57 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 17
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 688
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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