OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221375017

CUPPLES' J & J CO., INC.

JACKSON, TN· 2021-07-02T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Bending Machine, Catch Point, Caught Between, Engineering Controls, Finger, Frame, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Lack of Engineering Controls, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Metal, Pinch Point, Pinched, Power Press, Press, Press Brake, Press Operator, Traumatic Amputation
NAICS: 332710
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345440614
Employer profile: CUPPLES' J & J CO., INC.
Summary number: 221375017
Report ID: 0454715

Event description

Employee amputates finger when caught between part and press

Investigation abstract

At 1:15 p.m. on July 2, 2021, an employee working as a machine operator for a machine shop had been producing parts the entire shift. The employee had his left palm placed on a part during a second bend of the metal when his hand slid upward. This caused his index finger to become caught between the part and the frame of the press brake. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputated finger.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 28 M

Event type
14

Occupation code
779

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