OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221388028

ATLANTIC RECYCLING EQUIPMENT LLC

ROLLINSFORD, NH· 2021-08-19T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Clamp, Cutting, Engineering Controls, Finger, Fingertip, Foot Control, Foot pedal, Foot-Powered Press, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Lack of Engineering Controls, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Manufacturing, Partial Amputation, Safety Device, Shear, Sheared, Shearing Machine, Sheet Metal, Slip, Slippery Surface, Traumatic Amputation, Unguarded, Welder
NAICS: 333999
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345492755
Employer profile: ATLANTIC RECYCLING EQUIPMENT LLC
Summary number: 221388028
Report ID: 0111700

Event description

Employee amputates fingertip when caught in shearing machine

Investigation abstract

At 3:30 p.m. on August 19, 2021, an employee working as a welder for a machinery manufacturer was using a hydraulic shearing machine to cut 2-inch by 2-inch pieces of sheet metal. The employee's finger slipped into the unguarded clamping area of the machine when he stepped on the foot control to activate the machine. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for a partially amputated left middle fingertip.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 58 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
783

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