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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221377989

Amputated,Amputation,Cart,Caught Between,Defect,Defective,Defective Equipment,Engineering Controls,Finger,Foundry,Hand,Hand Tool,Installing,Instantaneous amputation,Iron,Lack of Engineering Controls,Lighting,Machine Guarding,Machine operator,Metal,Misjudgment,Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation,Molding Machine,Pinch Point,Pinched,Traumatic Amputation

Event
Amputated,Amputation,Cart,Caught Between,Defect,Defective,Defective Equipment,Engineering Controls,Finger,Foundry,Hand,Hand Tool,Installing,Instantaneous amputation,Iron,Lack of Engineering Controls,Lighting,Machine Guarding,Machine operator,Metal,Misjudgment,Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation,Molding Machine,Pinch Point,Pinched,Traumatic Amputation
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
221377989
Report ID
0627500

Event description

Employee amputates two fingers when caught between wedge and

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 36 M

    Event type
    2
    Occupation code
    719

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