OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221394554

METAL PANELS, INC.

TULSA, OK· 2021-08-31T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Blade, Cutting, Engineering Controls, Finger, Hand, Incorrect Equipment, Instantaneous amputation, Jammed, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Material Handling, Metal, Metal Sheet, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Plastic, Pressure, Reaching In, Safety Device, Shear, Sheared, Shearing Machine, Steel Sheet, Traumatic Amputation, Wrong Equipment
NAICS: 332322
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345525463
Employer profile: METAL PANELS, INC.
Summary number: 221394554
Report ID: 0627700

Event description

Employee amputates two fingers when reaching into shearing m

Investigation abstract

At 4:00 p.m. on August 31, 2021, an employee working as a machine operator for a sheet metal work manufacturer was working on a steel panel machine. The employee was working on the machine when the plastic coating was caught on the blades of the machine. The employee reached into the machine to remove the excess plastic build-up when the machine cutter was motion activated and struck his hand. The employee was hospitalized to treat amputated ring and pinky fingers.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 34 M

Event type
11

Occupation code
723

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