OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #732032
MEAD JOHNSON & COMPANY
EVANSVILLE, IN—
Event description
HAND CAUGHT IN GRANULATOR ROLLERS
Investigation abstract
AT 1:05 PM ON AUGUST 13, 1985, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A COLTON GRANULATOR, SE RIAL NUMBER 40820, MODEL NUMBER 544, COMPANY ID NUMBER 1517468. THE GRANULATOR W AS BEING USED TO ELIMINATE LUMPS IN K-LYTE. THE DRUM FROM WHICH THE K-LYTE WAS B EING DUMPED HAD A PLASTIC LINER. THE LINER BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE GRANULATOR RO LLERS. EMPLOYEE #1 TRIED TO PULL THE LINER OUT OF THE ROLLERS, BUT SLIPPED AND L OST HIS BALANCE. HIS RIGHT HAND WENT INTO THE ROLLERS. HE SUFFERED MULTIPLE FRAC TURES OF HIS HAND AND FINGERS, AND WAS HOSPITALIZED AT DEACONESS HOSPITAL IN EVA NSVILLE, INDIANA. THE EMPLOYEE HAD REMOVED THE SAFETY GATE OVER THE ROLLERS AT S OME TIME BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. HE VIOLATED OSHA AND COMPANY RULES BY HIS ACTIONS.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 62 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 878
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 2
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