OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221368913

LECO CORP DBA YORE AVENUE CERAMICS PLANT

BENTON HARBOR, MI· 2021-06-30T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Auger, Auger Mechanism, Blind Reaching, Catch Point, Caught In, Chute, Cleaning, Dust Collector, Energized, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Insufficient Supervision, Manufacturing, Reaching In, Traumatic Amputation
NAICS: 339112
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345402382
Employer profile: LECO CORP DBA YORE AVENUE CERAMICS PLANT
Summary number: 221368913
Report ID: 0552652

Event description

Employee amputates hand while cleaning energized dust collec

Investigation abstract

At 8:30 a.m. on June 30, 2021, an employee working for a medical instrument manufacturer was emptying the dust collection system barrel. The employee stuck his right hand into the chute that housed an exposed auger. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputation to his hand.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 46 M

Event type
2

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