OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221369796

PEERLESS FOOD EQUIPMENT

OMAHA, NE· 2021-06-29T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Assembling, Bolt, Bolting, Catch Point, Caught Between, Finger, Fingertip, Installing, Instantaneous amputation, Knuckle, Lack of Work Procedures, Manufacturing, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Production Line, Traumatic Amputation, Two Bolt, Working Alone, Wrong Equipment
NAICS: 333249
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345408058
Employer profile: PEERLESS FOOD EQUIPMENT
Summary number: 221369796
Report ID: 0728900

Event description

Employee amputates fingertip in machinery during assembly

Investigation abstract

At 8:00 a.m. on June 29, 2021, an employee working for an industrial equipment manufacturer was attempting to assemble a large piece of machinery. The machine was a vertical dough lift and it required 4 bolts for assembly. After he had installed the top 2 bolts, the employee was attempting to install the lower 2 bolts but was having difficulty aligning the holes. While resting his left hand on the machinery, it shifted and caught his left pinky finger between the two mating surfaces. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputated fingertip just after the second knuckle.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 65 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
0

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