OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221355878

Amputated,Amputation,Engineering Controls,Finger,Fingertip,Hand,Inexperience,Instantaneous amputation,Insufficient Supervision,Knife,Lack of Engineering Controls,Machine Guarding,Machine operator,Molding Machine,Partial Amputation,Reaching In,Rotating Knife,Shear,Sheared,Struck By,Supervision,Traumatic Amputation,Wood

2021-05-04T00:00:00

Event: Amputated,Amputation,Engineering Controls,Finger,Fingertip,Hand,Inexperience,Instantaneous amputation,Insufficient Supervision,Knife,Lack of Engineering Controls,Machine Guarding,Machine operator,Molding Machine,Partial Amputation,Reaching In,Rotating Knife,Shear,Sheared,Struck By,Supervision,Traumatic Amputation,Wood
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 221355878
Report ID: 0316400

Event description

Employee amputates fingertip when struck by machine blades

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 35 M

Event type
14

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