OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221397912

Amputated,Amputation,Blade,Blind Reaching,Catch Point,Engineering Controls,Finger,Hand,Instantaneous amputation,Lack of Engineering Controls,Lockout,Lockout/Tagout,Machine Guarding,Machine operator,Partial Amputation,Reaching,Reaching In,Removing,Traumatic Amputation

2021-07-02T00:00:00

Event: Amputated,Amputation,Blade,Blind Reaching,Catch Point,Engineering Controls,Finger,Hand,Instantaneous amputation,Lack of Engineering Controls,Lockout,Lockout/Tagout,Machine Guarding,Machine operator,Partial Amputation,Reaching,Reaching In,Removing,Traumatic Amputation
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 221397912
Report ID: 0552652

Event description

Employee amputates three fingers when reaching into airlock

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 49 M

Event type
6

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