OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221363203

MSI EXPRESS, INC.

GRAND PRAIRIE, TX· 2021-05-18T00:00:00

Event: Adjust, Amputated, Amputation, Brush, Energized, Finger, Fingertip, Food processing, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Insufficient Supervision, Lack of Work Procedures, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine operator, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Packaging, Packaging Machine, Packaging Machinery, Partial Amputation, Supervision, Training, Traumatic Amputation, Wrong Equipment
NAICS: 311919
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345328652
Employer profile: MSI EXPRESS, INC.
Summary number: 221363203
Report ID: 0636900

Event description

Employee partially amputates finger while adjusting form mac

Investigation abstract

At 6:00 a.m. on May 18, 2021, an employee working as a machine operator for a snack food manufacturer was operating a horizontal form, fill and seal machine. The employee did not deenergized the machine before climbing the ladder and attempting to adjust the brush mechanism. The employee caught her left hand in the machinery. She was hospitalized to treat a partially amputated middle finger and an injured index finger.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 33 F

Event type
1

Occupation code
754

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