OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221391816

ELLWOOD NATIONAL FORGE

IRVINE, PA· 2021-09-03T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Caught By, Finger, Instantaneous amputation, Lathe, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Metal, Metal Bar, Metal Lathe, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Paper, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Pulled In, Sanding, Traumatic Amputation
NAICS: 332111
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345532261
Employer profile: ELLWOOD NATIONAL FORGE
Summary number: 221391816
Report ID: 0336000

Event description

Employee partially amputates finger while sanding rotating m

Investigation abstract

At 11:45 a.m. on September 3, 2021, an employee working as a machine operator for a metals forging company was using Emery paper to sand off a weld spot on a piece of metal bar. The metal bar was spinning on a LeBlond lathe. The paper caught on the spinning bar pulling the employee's right hand into the lathe. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for a partially amputated ring finger.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 52 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
0

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