OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221375090

Automotive Repair,Bypass Guard,Grinder,Guard,Hand,Hand Tool,Insufficient Supervision,Kick Back,Laceration,Misjudgment,Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation,Position,Safety Device,Struck By,Supervision,Tendon,Thumb,Truck,Unsafe Position

2021-04-15T00:00:00

Event: Automotive Repair,Bypass Guard,Grinder,Guard,Hand,Hand Tool,Insufficient Supervision,Kick Back,Laceration,Misjudgment,Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation,Position,Safety Device,Struck By,Supervision,Tendon,Thumb,Truck,Unsafe Position
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 221375090
Report ID: 0950631

Event description

Employee's thumb is lacerated when cutoff wheel kicks back

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 29 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
514

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