OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221373095

HANES BRANDS, INC

MARTINSVILLE, VA· 2021-05-31T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Chain, Conveyor, Finger, Fingertip, Glove, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Maintenance, Manufacturing, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, PPE, Partial Amputation, Pulled In, Sprocket, Textile, Textile Production, Traumatic Amputation, Troubleshooting
NAICS: 314999
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345274393
Employer profile: HANES BRANDS, INC
Summary number: 221373095
Report ID: 0355118

Event description

Employee amputates fingertip, glove is pulled into conveyor

Investigation abstract

At 3:00 a.m. on May 31, 2021, an employee working as a maintenance technician for a textile mill was troubleshooting a conveyor. The employee caught his glove in the chain and sprocket. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputated fingertip.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 23 M

Event type
2

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