OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221376056

W.M. BARR & COMPANY, INC.

MEMPHIS, TN· 2021-07-04T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Caught By, Caught In, Die Jaw, Engineering Controls, Finger, Fingertip, Guard, Instantaneous amputation, Jaw, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Manufacturing, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Production Line, Traumatic Amputation, Unguarded, Wrapping
NAICS: 325998
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345446876
Employer profile: W.M. BARR & COMPANY, INC.
Summary number: 221376056
Report ID: 0454711

Event description

Employee amputates two fingertips when bypassing die jaw gua

Investigation abstract

At 3:58 a.m. on July 4, 2021, an employee working as a machine operator for a chemical products manufacturer was operating the Line 3 Campbell Wrapper machine. The employee reached through the guard to pull out a bag that jammed in the cutting zone while the machine was still running. The employee caught his middle and index fingertips in the rotating cutting jaw. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for amputations to his fingertips.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 43 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
779

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