OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221397250

SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATION

MUSKEGON, MI· 2021-09-04T00:00:00

Event: Actuated, Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Caught In, Chemical, Clearing, Clogged, Finger, Gate, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Knuckle, Laceration, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Maintenance, Manufacturing, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Pneumatic, Pneumatic equipment, Pneumatic system, Safety Device, Traumatic Amputation, Unguarded, Vacuum Vessel
NAICS: 325130
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345556310
Employer profile: SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATION
Summary number: 221397250
Report ID: 0552652

Event description

Employee partially amputates finger when caught in pneumatic

Investigation abstract

At 8:15 p.m. on September 4, 2021, an employee working as a machine maintenance technician for a chemical manufacturer was unclogging a vacuum blower system. Thee employee had cleared the clog and was holding the blast gate while a coworker was reinstalling the clamp on the charging line hose. The employee caught his left hand between the housing and the pneumatic actuated blast gate as it closed. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for an amputated index finger to the first knuckle and a lacerated middle finger of left hand.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 63 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
519

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