OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221391600

COSMAX NBT USA, INC.

GARLAND, TX· 2021-09-08T00:00:00

Event: Activated, Adjust, Amputated, Amputation, Bypass, Bypass Guard, Caught Between, Energized, Finger, Fingertip, Food processing, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Interlock, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine operator, Manufacturing, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Safety Device, Traumatic Amputation
NAICS: 311514
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345531479
Employer profile: COSMAX NBT USA, INC.
Summary number: 221391600
Report ID: 0626300

Event description

Employee amputates fingertip while adjusting energized machi

Investigation abstract

At 12:30 p.m. on September 8, 2021, an employee working for a evaporated dairy products manufacturer was making adjustments to an encapsulation tabulating press machine. A coworker (supervisor) bypassed the interlocks causing the machine to activate while the employee had his right hand in a pinch point. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for an amputated fingertip.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 34 M

Event type
2

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