OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #672626
COBBS MANUFACTURING
DES MOINES, IA—
Event description
EMPLOYEE CUT THUMB IN HOT STAMPER
Investigation abstract
THE EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HOT STAMPER TO PUT A STRIP OF RIBBON ON A PLASTIC CUP A PPROXIMATELY 2" IN DIAMETER. AS HE ACTIVATED THE MACHINE HE HAD HIS FINGER STILL ON THE CUP. WHEN THE STAMPER CAME DOWN, HE PINCHED THE END OF HIS RIGHT INDEX F INGER. HE LOST A SMALL PORTION OF HIS FINGERNAIL AND SOME SKIN (NOT AN AMPUTATIO N).
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 889
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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