OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221389141

KUKA SYSTEMS NORTH AMERICA LLC

STERLING HEIGHTS, MI· 2021-08-19T00:00:00

Event: Air Pressure, Avulsion, Caught In, Electrical Wire, Electrician, Finger, Fingertip, Hand, Installing, Laceration, Manufacturing, Pinch Point, Pinched, Pneumatic, Pneumatic equipment, Pneumatic system, Pneumatic tool, Struck By, Unsafe Position
NAICS: 333519
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345518393
Employer profile: KUKA SYSTEMS NORTH AMERICA LLC
Summary number: 221389141
Report ID: 0552652

Event description

Employee sustains fingertip avulsion while using pneumatic s

Investigation abstract

At 9:30 a.m. on August 19, 2021, an employee working as an electrician for a production machinery manufacturer was actuating a pneumatic slide. The employee was using a temporary air valve to manipulate the slide to determine the best location of flex points for an electric wire installation. The employee had his left hand resting on the stationary safety pin hole block. The employee caught his ring finger in the pin hole block shearing off his fingertip. The employee received medical treatment for an avulsion to the fingertip without hospitalization.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 60 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
575

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