OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221384068

SIGNODE MULTI-WALL DIVISION

SHERIDAN, AR· 2021-08-06T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Automatic Machine, Blade, Contact, Finger, Fingertip, Hand, Slitter
NAICS: 322299
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345492052
Employer profile: SIGNODE MULTI-WALL DIVISION
Summary number: 221384068
Report ID: 0627100

Event description

Employee making adjustments on slitter machine amputates fin

Investigation abstract

At 4:45 p.m. on August 6, 2021, an employee was adjusting the pressure rod of a slitter machine when his hand slipped, causing his left index fingertip to come into contact with the blade. This resulted in an amputation of the fingertip. The employee was treated without hospitalization.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 24 M

Event type
14

Occupation code
779

Codes shown verbatim from OSHA's accident-investigation database. A human-readable decoder is coming in a future release once the accident_lookup2 dictionary is loaded.