OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221392582

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY

PEARL HARBOR, HI· 2021-09-07T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Boat, Catch Point, Caught In, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Engineer, Engineering Controls, Finger, Fingertip, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Malfunction, Mech Malfunction, Mechanical, Motor, Partial Amputation, Safety Device, Traumatic Amputation, Troubleshooting
NAICS: 928110
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345523625
Employer profile: DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
Summary number: 221392582
Report ID: 0936300

Event description

Employee amputates fingertip while troubleshooting outboard

Investigation abstract

At 1:00 p.m. on September 7, 2021, an employee working as a marine engineer for the U.S. Navy was diagnosing a mechanical failure of a Yamaha 150-hp Four Stroke Outboard Motor. While the employee was working on the motor, a coworker started the motor. The employee caught his right hand in the flywheel. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputated index fingertip.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 22 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
833

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