OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221389646

PERFORMANCE CONTRACTING INCORPORATED

MARSTON, MO· 2021-08-31T00:00:00

Event: Adjust, Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Finger, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Manufacturing, Metal Sheet, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Power Press, Press, Press Brake, Press Operator, Production Line, Sheet, Sheet Metal, Thumb, Traumatic Amputation
NAICS: 333999
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345520480
Employer profile: PERFORMANCE CONTRACTING INCORPORATED
Summary number: 221389646
Report ID: 0729300

Event description

Employee amputates thumb in press brake while adjusting meta

Investigation abstract

At 8:30 a.m. on August 31, 2021, an employee working as a press operator for a machinery manufacturer was attempting to adjust sheet metal in a press brake. The employee failed to follow a coworker's instructions to stop what he was doing. The employee caught his right hand in the press and required medical treatment without hospitalization for an amputated thumb.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 52 M

Event type
2

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