OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221392236

BOOSE ALUMINUM FOUNDRY COMPANY, INCORPORATED

STEVENS, PA· 2021-09-07T00:00:00

Event: Aluminum Processing, Bandsaw, Blade, Cutting, Finger, Foundry, Hand, Hand Tool, Laceration, Lack of Work Procedures, Machine operator, Metal, Removing, Sawblade, Struck By, Thumb
NAICS: 331524
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345535231
Employer profile: BOOSE ALUMINUM FOUNDRY COMPANY, INCORPORATED
Summary number: 221392236
Report ID: 0316700

Event description

Employee lacerates thumb using bandsaw to remove riser

Investigation abstract

At 8:00 a.m. on September 7, 2021, an employee working as a machine operator for an aluminum foundry was using a bandsaw to remove gates and risers. As the employee was cutting one of the risers, he cut his left thumb. The employee was hospitalized to treat a lacerated thumb.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 42 M

Event type
14

Occupation code
779

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