OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221398100

U.S. COTTON, LLC

CLEVELAND, OH· 2021-09-05T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Belt, Catch Point, Caught Between, Cotton, Energized, Finger, Fingertip, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Lack of Work Procedures, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine operator, Maintenance, Manufacturing, Motor, Partial Amputation, Production Line, Traumatic Amputation
NAICS: 339113
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345528863
Employer profile: U.S. COTTON, LLC
Summary number: 221398100
Report ID: 0522300

Event description

Employee amputates fingertip while performing maintenance on

Investigation abstract

At 8:30 a.m. on September 5, 2021, an employee working as a machine operator for a cotton products manufacturer was performing maintenance on the #10 card machine. The employee attempted to guide a belt onto the drive motor manually. The belt would not engage fully with the belt pulley, so the employee tried again with the machine energized. As the employee was manually guiding the belt he caught his hand between the belt and pulley. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for an amputated fingertip.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 43 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
779

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