OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221358898

SIGNATURE LABEL INC.

OAK HARBOR, OH· 2021-05-18T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Belt, Caught Between, Disc, Finger, Fingertip, Instantaneous amputation, Jammed, Machine Guarding, Maintenance, Partial Amputation, Printer, Printing, Printing Press, Traumatic Amputation
NAICS: 323113
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345334601
Employer profile: SIGNATURE LABEL INC.
Summary number: 221358898
Report ID: 0524700

Event description

Employee amputates fingertip while unjamming printing machin

Investigation abstract

At 11:00 p.m. on May 18, 2021, an employee working as a maintenance technician for a commercial screen printing company was unjamming a "native" canister cap from belt #1 of a New England Unscrambler Machine. The employee pinched his right ring finger between the orienting disc and the timing belt. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for an amputation to his fingertip.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 58 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
549

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