OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14453526

AMPUTATED,FINGER,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BY,CONSTRUCTION,GEAR,BLIND REACHING

1986-08-04T00:00:00

Event: AMPUTATED,FINGER,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BY,CONSTRUCTION,GEAR,BLIND REACHING
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14453526
Report ID: 751910

Event description

Employee's fingertip severed when caught in gears

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 reached down behind the operator's seat for the safety levers, but h e missed them and his hand went into an 11 1/2 in. high opening of unspecified w idth. His left middle finger came in contact with the tank shaft gear and sling shaft gear, severing the fingertip.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 43 M

Nature of injury
7

Part of body
10

Event type
2

Source
24

Occupation code
849

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
1

Task assigned
1

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