OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221367097

AMPAC PAPER, LLC

WALDEN, NY· 2021-06-23T00:00:00

Event: Agitator, Amputated, Amputation, Bypass, Bypass Guard, Caught By, Door, Finger, Fingertip, Gear, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Interlock, Laceration, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Manufacturing, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Paper, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Production Line, Reaching In, Traumatic Amputation
NAICS: 322220
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345391544
Employer profile: AMPAC PAPER, LLC
Summary number: 221367097
Report ID: 0213100

Event description

Employee amputates fingertip when bypassing agitator gear gu

Investigation abstract

At 12:00 p.m. on June 23, 2021, an employee working for a paper products manufacturer was removing debris from a paste pad. The employee opened the interlocked doors to access the paste pad. The employee contacted the moving agitator gear with his right pinky finger. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for a lacerated fingertip which was medically classified as an amputation.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 49 M

Event type
2

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