OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221394042

KUKA ASSEMBLY & TEST CORP

SAGINAW, MI· 2021-08-25T00:00:00

Event: Adjust, Arm, Assembling, Fracture, Inexperience, Insufficient Supervision, Laceration, Lack of Work Procedures, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Cycled, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pry Bar, Shaft, Shear, Sheared, Struck By
NAICS: 541420
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345542690
Employer profile: KUKA ASSEMBLY & TEST CORP
Summary number: 221394042
Report ID: 0552652

Event description

Employee fractures leg while adjusting cam on shear with ste

Investigation abstract

At 8:30 a.m. on August 25, 2021, an employee working as an assembler for an industrial design service was attempting to adjust the cam on a shear that was not aligned correctly. The employee did not adequately lock out the equipment and was using a 1-inch steel bar to make the adjustment. After making a few turns of the cam shaft, the shear ram engaged grabbing the bar and striking the employee in the leg. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured femur and lacerated arm.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 30 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
785

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