OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221393903

Amputated,Amputation,Caught In,Cutting,Defect,Defective,Defective Equipment,Engineering Controls,Finger,Fingertip,Glove,Hand,Instantaneous amputation,Laborer,Lack of Engineering Controls,Lack of Work Procedures,Machine Guarding,Machine operator,Metal,Misjudgment,Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation,Partial Amputation,Pipe,Pulled In,Safety Device,Shear,Sheared,Shearing Machine,Thumb,Traumatic Amputation,Unsafe Position,Waste Proc Fac

2021-09-13T00:00:00

Event: Amputated,Amputation,Caught In,Cutting,Defect,Defective,Defective Equipment,Engineering Controls,Finger,Fingertip,Glove,Hand,Instantaneous amputation,Laborer,Lack of Engineering Controls,Lack of Work Procedures,Machine Guarding,Machine operator,Metal,Misjudgment,Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation,Partial Amputation,Pipe,Pulled In,Safety Device,Shear,Sheared,Shearing Machine,Thumb,Traumatic Amputation,Unsafe Position,Waste Proc Fac
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 221393903
Report ID: 0522500

Event description

Employee partially amputates thumb when caught in alligator

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 39 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
889

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