OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221367840

LASER CRAFT, INC.

NORTH RIDGEVILLE, OH· 2021-06-16T00:00:00

Event: Align, Aligning, Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Chain, Engineer, Finger, Fingertip, Instantaneous amputation, Maintenance, Nip Point, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Pulling, Sprocket, Traumatic Amputation
NAICS: 423490
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345394613
Employer profile: LASER CRAFT, INC.
Summary number: 221367840
Report ID: 0524700

Event description

Employee amputates fingertip in chain and sprocket nip point

Investigation abstract

At 12:00 p.m. on June 16, 2021, an employee working as a mechanical engineer for an equipment and supplies wholesalers was aligning a chain drive. The chain drive powers the slats of a "T2" Trumpf Lift Master Compact attached to a Trulaser 3030 Model #1571250 (Serial #852525266). The employee was manually pulling on the chain when he caught his left index finger in the chain and sprocket. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for an amputated fingertip.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 53 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
57

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