OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221399306

THE LAWRENCE PAPER COMPANY

LAWRENCE, KS· 2021-09-21T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Catch Point, Caught By, Clothing, Engineering Controls, Finger, Instantaneous amputation, Lack of Engineering Controls, Machine Guarding, Manufacturing, Paper, Paper Machine, Partial Amputation, Production Line, Pulled In, Rotating Parts, Rotating Shaft, Traumatic Amputation
NAICS: 322211
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345566814
Employer profile: THE LAWRENCE PAPER COMPANY
Summary number: 221399306
Report ID: 0729700

Event description

Employee partially amputates finger while freeing shirt from

Investigation abstract

At 8:00 a.m. on September 21, 2021, an employee working for a paper products manufacturer was trimming paper. The employee caught his shirt in the rotating shaft of the machine. He grabbed his shirt trying to free himself but instead his left hand was caught by the rotating shaft. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for a partially amputated index finger.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 55 M

Event type
2

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