Inspection Detail

Inspection: 2722510 - Mead Johnson & Company

Inspection Information - Office: Indiana Department Of Labor

Inspection Nr: 2722510

Report ID: 0551800

Date Opened: 08/29/1985

Site Address:
Mead Johnson & Company
2404 W Penn Ave
Evansville, IN 47721

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:2099

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 09/12/1985

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 10/11/1985

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360741896

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 732032

Event: 08/13/1985

HAND CAUGHT IN GRANULATOR ROLLERS

AT 1:05 PM ON AUGUST 13, 1985, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A COLTON GRANULATOR, SERIAL NUMBER 40820, MODEL NUMBER 544, COMPANY ID NUMBER 1517468. THE GRANULATOR WAS BEING USED TO ELIMINATE LUMPS IN K-LYTE. THE DRUM FROM WHICH THE K-LYTE WAS BEING DUMPED HAD A PLASTIC LINER. THE LINER BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE GRANULATOR ROLLERS. EMPLOYEE #1 TRIED TO PULL THE LINER OUT OF THE ROLLERS, BUT SLIPPED AND LOST HIS BALANCE. HIS RIGHT HAND WENT INTO THE ROLLERS. HE SUFFERED MULTIPLE FRACTURES OF HIS HAND AND FINGERS, AND WAS HOSPITALIZED AT DEACONESS HOSPITAL IN EVANSVILLE, INDIANA. THE EMPLOYEE HAD REMOVED THE SAFETY GATE OVER THE ROLLERS AT SOME TIME BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. HE VIOLATED OSHA AND COMPANY RULES BY HIS ACTIONS.

Keywords: FRACTURE, FINGER, WORK RULES, SLIP, ROLLER--MACH/PART, CRUSHED, HAND, UNGUARDED

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	2722510			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Machine feeders and offbearers

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