OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221355084

LIPPERT COMPONENTS MANUFACTURING, INC.

DOUBLE SPRINGS, AL· 2021-05-04T00:00:00

Event: Broken, Broken Bone, Catch Point, Caught By, Caught In, Clamp, Finger, Fracture, Hand, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Plastic Mfg
NAICS: 326199
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345301303
Employer profile: LIPPERT COMPONENTS MANUFACTURING, INC.
Summary number: 221355084
Report ID: 0418300

Event description

Employee breaks finger when caught in cleaning machine clamp

Investigation abstract

At 2:48 p.m. on May 4, 2021, an employee working as a machine operator for a plastic products manufacturer was operating a Sampson Corner Cleaner Machine. The employee placed her right hand inside the clamp pressing area when the mechanism activated. The employee was hospitalized to treat a broken ring finger.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 33 F

Event type
2

Occupation code
747

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