Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221392087

SPIDER COMPANY, INC.

Event
Amputated, Amputation, Brake, Caught Between, Caught By, Caught In, Crushed, Metal Sheet, Press Brake, Sheet, Sheet Metal
NAICS
541330
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#345320147
Employer profile
SPIDER COMPANY, INC.
Summary number
221392087
Report ID
0521400

Event description

Employee?s hands are caught in brake press, resulting in amp

Investigation abstract

At 10:10 a.m. on May 11, 2021, Employee #1 was operating a pedal-operated ERMAK brake press at a manufacturing facility. He was feeding sheet metal into the brake press when his hands were caught in the forming tooling. He sustained an amputation of his right index finger and possible crushed knuckles on both hands. The employee was hospitalized for treatment.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 57 M

    Event type
    2

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