OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221395692

TAP PACKAGING SOLUTIONS

BROOKLYN, OH· 2021-09-22T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Cutting, Finger, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Laborer, Laceration, Machine Guarding, Manufacturing, Paper, Paper Cutter, Paper Machine, Point Of Operation, Safety Device, Shear, Sheared, Struck By, Traumatic Amputation, Unguarded
NAICS: 322219
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345549653
Employer profile: TAP PACKAGING SOLUTIONS
Summary number: 221395692
Report ID: 0522300

Event description

Employee amputates finger while cutting paper with mitering

Investigation abstract

At 9:00 a.m. on September 22, 2021, an employee working as a laborer for a paperboard manufacturer was cutting large pieces of paper with a parry mitering machine. The machine was not adequately guarded, allowing the employee's hand to enter the point of the operation and be struck by the blade. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization or a laceration to his finger.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 64 F

Event type
1

Occupation code
889

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