OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221379100

GREENE MACHINE & MANUFACTURING, INC.

MACON, GA· 2021-07-29T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Bending Machine, Catch Point, Caught By, Danger Zone, Die, Die Guard, Die Safety Device, Engineering Controls, Finger, Fingertip, Instantaneous amputation, Lack of Engineering Controls, Machine Guarding, Machine Shop, Machine operator, Metal, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Point Of Operation, Power Press, Press, Press Brake, Press Operator, Safety Device, Shear, Sheared, Shearing Machine, Traumatic Amputation
NAICS: 332710
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345463871
Employer profile: GREENE MACHINE & MANUFACTURING, INC.
Summary number: 221379100
Report ID: 0418100

Event description

Employee amputates fingertip when bending metal with press b

Investigation abstract

At 7:30 a.m. on July 29, 2021, an employee working for a machine shop was operating a press brake bending sheet metal part in a sequence of four steps. The employee actuated the foot pedal and the point of operation closed. The employee had his hand in the danger zone and caught his finger. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for an amputated fingertip.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 22 M

Event type
2

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