OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221396096

SOLOMON COLORS, INC.

SPRINGFIELD, IL· 2021-09-24T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Blade, Clogged, Conveyor, Finger, Hand, Inexperience, Inspecting, Instantaneous amputation, Lack of Work Procedures, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Manufacturing, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Mixer, Mixer Blade, Paint Pigments, Production Line, Rotating Knife, Rotating Parts, Shear, Sheared, Traumatic Amputation
NAICS: 325130
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345551055
Employer profile: SOLOMON COLORS, INC.
Summary number: 221396096
Report ID: 0524500

Event description

Employee amputates finger when struck by pigment blender bla

Investigation abstract

At 9:00 p.m. on September 24, 2021, an employee working as a production helper for a dye and pigment manufacturer was monitoring the operation of a blender. The pigment was coming out of the blender onto a conveyor while the employee watched through an inspection port. The pigment was not exiting the blender properly. The employee stuck his left middle finger through the inspection port causing it to be struck by the rotating blades. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputation to his finger.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 29 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
873

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