OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221394554

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

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
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 221394554
Report ID: 0627700

Event description

Employee amputates two fingers when reaching into shearing m

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 34 M

Event type
11

Occupation code
723

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