OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221397060

LEACHGARNER, INC.

ATTLEBORO, MA· 2021-08-31T00:00:00

Event: Air Hose, Amputated, Amputation, Brush, Caught By, Cleaning, Finger, Fracture, Glove, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Laceration, Lathe, Machine Guarding, Metal Lathe, Metal Wire, Reaching, Rotating Parts, Traumatic Amputation
NAICS: 331491
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345543177
Employer profile: LEACHGARNER, INC.
Summary number: 221397060
Report ID: 0111400

Event description

Employee amputates finger, injures hand when glove is caught

Investigation abstract

At 3:00 p.m. on August 31, 2021, an employee working for a metals plant was holding a shell while cleaning a lathe. The shell had just had its inner surface roughened by a rotating wire brush connected to the chuck of the lathe. The employee reached for an air hose when his glove caught on the wire brush. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for an amputated finger and lacerated hand.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 41 M

Event type
14

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