OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221386543

BETA PLASTICS CORPORATION

CARLSTADT, NJ· 2021-08-27T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Catch Point, Caught Between, Caught In, Engineering Controls, Finger, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Partial Amputation, Plastic Mfg, Power Roller, Roller--Mach/Part, Started, Thumb, Traumatic Amputation
NAICS: 326111
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345503734
Employer profile: BETA PLASTICS CORPORATION
Summary number: 221386543
Report ID: 0214500

Event description

Employee partially amputates thumb in separator rollers

Investigation abstract

At 6:00 p.m. on August 27, 2021, an employee working for a plastics manufacturer was restarting a separator following a power outage from a storm. The employee caught his left thumb in the rollers. The employee was hospitalized to treat a partially amputated thumb, which was reattached at the hospital during surgery.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 32 M

Event type
2

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