OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #732065
NATIONAL CAN CORP CLOSURE DIVISION
EVANSVILLE, IN—
Event description
FINGER CAUGHT AND AMPUTATED IN CHAIN AND SPROCKET
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 9:45 AM ON MAY 14, 1985, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING AS A MACHINE O PERATOR FOR THE CLOSURE DIVISION OF THE NATIONAL CAN CORP. AT THE TIME OF THE AC CIDENT EMPLOYEE #1 WAS USING A RAG TO CLEAN DUST FROM A SWANGREN PAPER LINING MA CHINE #1212, PROPERTY # 310633, LOCATED IN PRESS DEPARTMENT #12. THE RAG BECAME CAUGHT IN AN UNGUARDED SPROCKET WHEEL AND CHAIN, PULLING HER FINGER INTO THE UNG UARDED NIP POINT. THE TIP OF HER RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER WAS AMPUTATED. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS TAKEN TO DEACONESS HOSPITAL IN EVANSVILLE, WHERE SHE WAS TREATED AND RELEASE D. THIS ACCIDENT RESULTED FROM A FAILURE TO GUARD ALL SPROCKET WHEELS AND CHAINS WITHIN 7 FEET OF THE FLOOR OR WORKING PLATFORM.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 62 F
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 779
- Human factor
- 13
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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