OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221358195

SHEET LABELS INC.

QUEENSBURY, NY· 2021-05-20T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Blade, Caught Between, Cutting, Finger, Instantaneous amputation, Knuckle, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Paper Cutter, Paper Machine, Paper Roll, Partial Amputation, Printer, Printing, Shear, Sheared, Shearing Machine, Traumatic Amputation, Unsafe Position
NAICS: 323111
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345327001
Employer profile: SHEET LABELS INC.
Summary number: 221358195
Report ID: 0213100

Event description

Employee partially amputates finger while operating paper cu

Investigation abstract

At 9:45 a.m. on May 20, 2021, an employee working as a machine operator for a commercial printer was placing paper into the Challenge Champion paper cutting machine. The employees had her right hand placed under the cutter when the cutting blade came down. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for an amputated pinky finger to the first knuckle.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 56 F

Event type
2

Occupation code
779

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