OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221389067

MIDWEST MANUFACTURING CORPORATION

VALLEY, NE· 2021-08-30T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Chain, Concrete, Conveyor, Finger, Fingertip, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Laborer, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Power Roller, Roller Conveyor, Roller--Mach/Part, Traumatic Amputation
NAICS: 327390
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345518013
Employer profile: MIDWEST MANUFACTURING CORPORATION
Summary number: 221389067
Report ID: 0728900

Event description

Employee amputates fingertip when caught in conveyor roller

Investigation abstract

At 6:30 p.m. on August 30, 2021, an employee working as a laborer for a concrete products manufacturer was adjusting a conveyor roller. The employee caught his hand in the chain of the conveyor roller. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for an amputated fingertip.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 57 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
889

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