Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221377856

INNOVATIVE TOOL INC

Event
Amputated, Amputation, Finger, Fingertip, Guard, Hand, Metal, Shear
NAICS
332119
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#345443659
Employer profile
INNOVATIVE TOOL INC
Summary number
221377856
Report ID
0552652

Event description

Employee?s fingers are amputated while operating metal shear

Investigation abstract

At 8:00 a.m. on July 19, 2021, Employee #1 was operating a Cincinnati 2506 metal shear to cut sheet metal parts. As he activated the machine, his left hand slipped under the fixed guard, and his fingers were amputated by the shear. Employee #1 was hospitalized for treatment.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 24 M

    Event type
    1
    Occupation code
    653

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