OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14453997
HAWKEYE METAL SPINNING INC.
JESUP, IA·
Event description
Employee's thumb amputated by metal strip
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and a coworker set up a metal spinning machine to produce 72 in. dia meter nose caps that function as windbreaks on the fronts of trailers. Employee #1 and the coworker ran 13 pieces of the 16 gauge steel on the machine, with Emp loyee #1 spinning and the coworker cutting the pieces in half once they were spu n. According to Employee #1, the 14th piece of metal was unusually hard. It crac ked when it neared the end of the spring, creating an approximately 2 in. wide b y 5 ft long piece of metal that was free at one end and flopped around like a sn ake. It struck Employee #1 in the arm above the elbow and amputated his thumb at the base.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 637
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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