OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1001833
ALTON RENDERING WORKS, INC.
ALTON, IA·
Event description
Employee's fingers severely cut by hoist apparatus
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was working on a 2 1/2 ton hoist apparatus that was being used to li ft dead animals into a plant receiving dock. When a coworker actiated the hoist, it caught the last two fingers on Employee #1's right hand. His little finger w as severely cut but not amputated. Poor judgment by both employees contributed t o the accident.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 889
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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