OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14568356
J.A. SON INC
UNKNOWN, OR—
Event description
Employee's forearm amputated in baler
Investigation abstract
At approximately 2:30 p.m. on March 9, 1984, Employee #1 was operating a J. A. S on, Inc., cardboard baler, serial #37118, for North Lincoln Sanitary Services. T he feeder gate on the baler was pushed open by cardboard being compressed within the machine. Employee #1 was attempting to push the protruding cardboard back i nto the operating machine when her right hand became caught and her lower arm wa s amputated below the elbow. The machine's safety device was not working properl y and Employee #1 should not have placed her hands in the moving machine.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 28 F
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 17
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 758
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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