OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221391568
LAKE COUNTY PRESS, INC.
WAUKEGAN, IL·
Event description
Employee amputates tip of left index finger on rotating belt
Investigation abstract
At 3:45 p.m. on May 26, 2021, an employee was running the Bobst Folder/Gluer machine when he noticed a noise coming from the equipment. The employee reached below the frame to adjust a bottom support bar, and his left hand came into contact with a rotating belt and pulley. The incident resulted in an amputation of the tip of the employee's left index finger. The employee was treated without hospitalization.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 28 M
- Event type
- 2
- Occupation code
- 734
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