OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221380652

SUE JAC, INC.

DECATUR, AL· 2021-08-05T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Catch Point, Caught In, Finger, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Manufacturing, Metal, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Point Of Operation, Power Press, Press, Press Cylinder, Press Operator, Production Line, Shear, Sheared, Shearing Machine, Traumatic Amputation
NAICS: 332312
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345472419
Employer profile: SUE JAC, INC.
Summary number: 221380652
Report ID: 0418300

Event description

Employee amputates finger in cylinder while operating shear

Investigation abstract

At 11:55 a.m. on August 5, 2021, an employee working as a machine operator for a fabricated structural metal manufacturer was operating a shear press machine. The employee caught his right hand in the press cylinder. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputation to his middle finger.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 19 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
747

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