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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221375785

AMERICAN INDUSTRIES, A DIVISION OF A. STUCKI COMPANY

Event
Couplings, Grinder, Hand, Laceration, Tendon
NAICS
336510
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#345445647
Employer profile
AMERICAN INDUSTRIES, A DIVISION OF A. STUCKI COMPANY
Summary number
221375785
Report ID
0336000

Event description

Employee?s hand is lacerated while grinding coupler with air

Investigation abstract

At 6:30 a.m. on July 19, 2021, Employee #1 was grinding a pin on a coupler with an air grinder when the coupler shifted. The movement caused the air grinder to be knocked from his hand and onto his other hand. Employee #1 sustained deep lacerations and a damaged tendon in his hand. He was hospitalized for treatment.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 51 M

    Event type
    14
    Occupation code
    783

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