OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221357239

YASUFUKU USA, INC.

LINCOLN, NE· 2021-05-14T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Blind Reaching, Caught Between, Engineering Controls, Finger, Fingertip, Grinder, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Knuckle, Lack of Engineering Controls, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Pipe, Reaching In, Removing, Rotating Parts, Traumatic Amputation, Valve
NAICS: 326291
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345318489
Employer profile: YASUFUKU USA, INC.
Summary number: 221357239
Report ID: 0728900

Event description

Employee amputates fingertip in valve when reaching into gri

Investigation abstract

At 3:00 a.m. on May 14, 2021, an employee working for a rubber products manufacturer was attempting to remove re-grind rubber material from in and around the opening to the grinder outflow pipe. The employee reached his right hand into the opening and caught his index finger in a pinch point in the rotary valve. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputated fingertip above the first knuckle.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 36 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
0

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