OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #707018
CAMP MANUFACTURING COMPANY
BALTIMORE, MD—
Event description
Employee's fingertip amputated when caught in pulley
Investigation abstract
At 6:30 p.m. on September 20, 1985, Employee #1 was operating the "W" fold machi ne. Some folders jammed in the pull off end, causing the V-belt under the machin e to stop functioning. Although the power was still on, Employee #1 took ahold o f the belt and pulled on it. The belt suddenly began to move, drawing his right middle, ring, and little fingers into the pulley and his shoulder and face almos t into the machine. He was transported and then admitted to the hospital, where his cheek was stitched and the end of his little finger was amputated.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 777
- Human factor
- 13
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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