OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221396310

THE MENTHOLATUM COMPANY

ORCHARD PARK, NY· 2021-05-28T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Bundle, Caught In, Engineering Controls, Finger, Fingertip, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Nip Point, Packaging, Packaging Machine, Packaging Machinery, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Reaching In, Traumatic Amputation
NAICS: 325412
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345343230
Employer profile: THE MENTHOLATUM COMPANY
Summary number: 221396310
Report ID: 0213600

Event description

Employee amputates fingertip when caught in bundler machine

Investigation abstract

At 5:00 p.m. on May 28, 2021, an employee working for a pharmaceutical preparation manufacturer was setting up packaging film on a Scandia Bundler Machine. The employee reached into an inadequately guarded pinch point on the machine and caught his finger. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for an amputated fingertip.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 27 M

Event type
2

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