OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #731869
POTTER MATERIAL SERVICE INC
INDIANAPOLIS, IN—
Event description
Employee injured when arm caught in block forming machine
Investigation abstract
On April 23, 1985, Employee #1, a product manager, was checking a Besser cement block forming machine to see why concrete was spilling on the platform and palle ts, causing a problem with the conveyor system. To temporarily correct the situa tion, he took a compressed air hose and reached into a 4 inch opening between th e feed drawer arm and the platform to blow the loose concrete off the pallets an d platform. While his arm was in this area, the machine cycled, reducing the ope ning to 2 inches. Employee #1's arm was squeezed against the platform, catching his right wrist and lower arm. He sustained a fractured lower arm, but was not h ospitalized.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 17
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 633
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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