Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221377120

GREAT DANE LLC

Event
Amputated, Amputation, Finger, Fingertip, Guard, Machine Guarding, Reach
NAICS
336212
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#345452544
Employer profile
GREAT DANE LLC
Summary number
221377120
Report ID
0524500

Event description

Employee is caught in Drill Rivet Masher machine and sustain

Investigation abstract

At 5:30 p.m. on July 26, 2021, an employee was operating a Drill Rivet Masher machine and positioning it against a trailer side crossmember. The employee reached under the machine guard to feel for the crossmember and inadvertently pushed a button, causing the machine to cycle. The stability bar engaged and amputated the tip of the employee's index finger. The employee was treated without hospitalization.

Victim

  1. #1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 38 M

    Event type
    2
    Occupation code
    889

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