OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221388549

ALADDIN MANUFACTURING CORPORATION

DALTON, GA· 2021-08-26T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Carpet, Caught In, Cleaning, Debris, Finger, Hand, Hopper, Instantaneous amputation, Knuckle, Lack of Work Procedures, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine operator, Manufacturing, Mill--Plant, Milling Machine, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Pneumatic, Pneumatic equipment, Pneumatic system, Production Line, Textile Production, Traumatic Amputation
NAICS: 314110
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345514681
Employer profile: ALADDIN MANUFACTURING CORPORATION
Summary number: 221388549
Report ID: 0418200

Event description

Employee partially amputates finger in pneumatic feed hopper

Investigation abstract

At 8:00 a.m. on August 26, 2021, an employee working for a carpet mill was cleaning debris from the 1.5-meter pneumatic feed hopper. The employee did not lock out all energy sources before beginning her work. As a result, the employee caught her left hand in the hopper due to stored pneumatic pressure. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for an amputated middle finger to the first knuckle.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 35 F

Event type
2

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