OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221393036

Amputated,Amputation,Carbon Steel,Caught In,Cloth,Engineering Controls,Finger,Glove,Hand,Hazard Assessment,Incorrect Equipment,Inexperience,Instantaneous amputation,Lack of Engineering Controls,Lathe,Machine Guarding,Machine Shop,Machine operator,Metal Lathe,Metal Pipe,PPE,PPE Hazard Assessment,Pipe,Polishing,Rotating Parts,Steel,Training,Traumatic Amputation,Welder,Wrong Equipment

2021-09-08T00:00:00

Event: Amputated,Amputation,Carbon Steel,Caught In,Cloth,Engineering Controls,Finger,Glove,Hand,Hazard Assessment,Incorrect Equipment,Inexperience,Instantaneous amputation,Lack of Engineering Controls,Lathe,Machine Guarding,Machine Shop,Machine operator,Metal Lathe,Metal Pipe,PPE,PPE Hazard Assessment,Pipe,Polishing,Rotating Parts,Steel,Training,Traumatic Amputation,Welder,Wrong Equipment
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 221393036
Report ID: 0316300

Event description

Employee amputates finger when caught in pipe rotating on la

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 52 F

Event type
2

Occupation code
704

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