OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221393945

SHAWMUT CORPORATION

WEST BRIDGEWATER, MA· 2021-08-06T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Caught By, Caught In, Conveyor, Finger, Fingertip, Jammed, Pinch Point, Pinched, Sprocket
NAICS: 314999
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345511083
Employer profile: SHAWMUT CORPORATION
Summary number: 221393945
Report ID: 0111400

Event description

Employee amputates finger when clearing jam

Investigation abstract

At 1:30 a.m. on August 6, 2021, an employee was removing masks from a conveyor when she noticed one was stuck. She reached past the guard to clear the jam, and her finger was caught in a conveyor and sprocket pinch point. The injury was classified as an amputation. The employee was treated without hospitalization.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 21 F

Event type
2

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