OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221400450

MICHELIN NORTH AMERICA, INC.

ARDMORE, OK· 2021-10-02T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Caught By, Drum, Finger, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pinch Point, Pulled In, Rotating Parts, Tire, Traumatic Amputation
NAICS: 326211
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345572739
Employer profile: MICHELIN NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Summary number: 221400450
Report ID: 0627700

Event description

Employee amputates finger when caught in rotating tire machi

Investigation abstract

At 6:15 a.m. on October 2, 2019, an employee working for a tire manufacturer was operating a TBM 451 tire machine. The employee caught his right hand in the spinning drum pulling his hand to the bottom of the machine. The employee amputated his middle finger and was hospitalized.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 42 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
0

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