OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221380157

COULTER VENTURES, LLC

COLUMBUS, OH· 2021-08-06T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Chain, Distracted, Finger, Fingertip, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Manufacturing, Nip Point, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Production Line, Sprocket, Traumatic Amputation, Unsafe Position
NAICS: 339920
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345469514
Employer profile: COULTER VENTURES, LLC
Summary number: 221380157
Report ID: 0522500

Event description

Employee amputates fingertip when caught in machine nip poin

Investigation abstract

At 4:45 a.m. on August 6, 2021, an employee working as a machine operator for a sporting and athletic goods manufacturer was rotating a chain by hand. As he rotated the chain, his left hand approached the sprocket and was pinched in the chain/socket assembly. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputated ring fingertip.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 40 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
779

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