OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14550412
FLEX PRODUCTS INC
PORTLAND, TN—
Event description
ARM AMPUTATED IN PLASTIC GRINDER
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN PLASTIC OUT OF A GLOUCESTER GRINDER, MODEL # 1012 BP-10, WHEN HE REACHED INTO THE MACHINE TO REMOVE A DEFLECTING SCREEN TO F ACILITATE THE CLEANING PROCESS, THE MACHINE ACTIVATED. HIS LEFT ARM WAS PULLED I NTO THE GRINDING MECHANISM AND AMPUTATED JUST ABOVE THE ELBOW. A FAULTY ELECTRON IC SAFETY SWITCH WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACCIDENTAL ACTIVATION OF THE MACHINE.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 17
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 709
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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