OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221383805

ERNEST SPENCER METALS, INC.

MERIDEN, KS· 2021-08-19T00:00:00

Event: Abrasion, Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Crushed, Engineering Controls, Extended Work Shift, Falling Object, Finger, Forklift, Forks, Fracture, Hand, Industrial Truck, Laceration, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Manufacturing, Material Handling, Metal, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Slip, Slippery Surface, Surgical Amputation, Traumatic Amputation, Unsafe Position, Unsecured, Unstable Load, Work Surface, Wrong Equipment
NAICS: 332323
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345491047
Employer profile: ERNEST SPENCER METALS, INC.
Summary number: 221383805
Report ID: 0729700

Event description

Employee crushes hand under falling load, fingers are amputa

Investigation abstract

At 7:45 a.m. on August 19, 2021, an employee working as a stock handler for a manufacturer of architectural metal work was repositioning a dolly under a baghouse. The baghouse had been lifted when it slipped from one of the truck forks and landed on the employee's hand. The employee was hospitalized to treat a crushed hand, which required suturing and finger amputations.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 40 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
883

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