OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221391311

CONTINENTAL CABLE, LLC

HINSDALE, NH· 2021-09-09T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Assembling, Assembly Line, Caught Between, Die, Finger, Fingertip, Hand, Hand Tool, Instantaneous amputation, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Manufacturing, Metal Wire, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Traumatic Amputation
NAICS: 332618
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345530034
Employer profile: CONTINENTAL CABLE, LLC
Summary number: 221391311
Report ID: 0111700

Event description

Employee partially amputates finger when caught in machine d

Investigation abstract

At 2:45 p.m. on September 9, 2021, an employee working as an assembler for a fabricated wire products manufacturer was operating a 50-ton swage machine pressing metal beads onto wire rope. The employee was using an Allen wrench to position the part between the dies and the machine when the die closed on her right index finger. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for a partially amputated finger to the first knuckle.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 40 F

Event type
2

Occupation code
785

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