OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221389448

TESLA, INC.

FREMONT, CA· 2021-08-31T00:00:00

Event: Caught In, Conveyor, Crushed, Descending, Descending Ladder, Finger, Fracture, Gearbox, Hand, Injury Illness Prevention Program, Ladder, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Maintenance, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Noise, Repair, Technician, Unsafe Position
NAICS: 336111
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345520027
Employer profile: TESLA, INC.
Summary number: 221389448
Report ID: 0950612

Event description

Employee fractures fingers when caught in scan conveyor gear

Investigation abstract

At 7:20 a.m. on August 31, 2021, an employee working as a machine maintenance machine. The machine cycled causing the employee to be hospitalized to treat fractured fingers. technician for an automobile manufacturer was responding to a dispatch request. The dispatch was for a report of noise coming from a gearbox on top of a scan conveyor located at the Power Train area. The employee was dispatched to the area to investigate the noise. The employee retrieved an 8-foot stepladder and turned off the power at the HMI. The employee then climbed the ladder and removed the guard. He started the machine in an attempt to hear the reported noise and then stopped machine. The employee performed this procedure several times before he started climbing down the ladder with his hand still inside the

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 51 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
519

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