OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221394992

VAPOR BUS INTERNATIONAL

BUFFALO GROVE, IL· 2021-09-15T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Chain, Energized, Finger, Fingertip, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Lathe, Maintenance, Metal Lathe, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Removing, Sprocket, Thumb, Traumatic Amputation, Unsafe Position, Working Alone
NAICS: 332321
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345546543
Employer profile: VAPOR BUS INTERNATIONAL
Summary number: 221394992
Report ID: 0524200

Event description

Employee amputates thumb tip in lathe chain and sprocket

Investigation abstract

At 9:15 a.m. on September 15, 2021, an employee working as a maintenance technician for an bus door manufacturer was working alone. The employee removed a chain and sprocket guard off the drive chain assembly of a Mori Seiki Lathe to obtain the part number of the sprocket. The employee was working on the machine while it was still energized and in full operation. The employee was not aware that his right hand was too close to the moving chain. He caught his thumb in the pinch point between the drive chain and sprocket. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputation to his thumb tip.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 28 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
519

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