OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221397573
WIRETECH, INC.
COMMERCE, CA·
Event description
Employee?s finger is amputated while loading wire coil
Investigation abstract
At 3:55 p.m. on June 3, 2021, Employee #1, a shaver operator, was loading a new wire coil onto the drum of shaver #2 at a raw materials supplier serving the fastener and steel industries. After loading, the employee held the end of the wire to feed it into the machine and prevent twisting. While doing so, his finger was caught between the wire and the drum, causing an amputation of the left index finger. No witnesses observed the incident. The employee was hospitalized for treatment.
Victim
-
#1 Hospitalized Age 53 M
- Event type
- 2
- Occupation code
- 768
Codes shown verbatim from OSHA's accident-investigation database. A human-readable decoder is coming in a future release once the accident_lookup2 dictionary is loaded.