OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221401789

LKQ PICK YOUR PART SOUTHEAST, LLC

WEST PALM BEACH, FL· 2021-07-29T00:00:00

Event: Actuated, Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Cutter, Cutting, Finger, Hand, Hand Tool, Instantaneous amputation, Insufficient Supervision, Malfunction, Material Handling, Mech Malfunction, Metal, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Point Of Operation, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Traumatic Amputation, Unsafe Position, Vehicle, Waste Proc Fac
NAICS: 423930
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345450332
Employer profile: LKQ PICK YOUR PART SOUTHEAST, LLC
Summary number: 221401789
Report ID: 0418800

Event description

Employee amputates three fingers when caught in hydraulic cu

Investigation abstract

At 9:01 a.m. on July 29, 2021, an employee was working as an powered industrial vehicle (PIV) operator for a recyclable material wholesaler. The employee picked up a 110/220-Volt Supershear Hydraulic Catalytic Converter Cutter to start removing a catalytic converter. When the employee grabbed the tool form the top of the equipment where the point of operation is located, the mechanism was activated catching the employee's left hand. The equipment had been malfunctioning for four days already before the accident and reportedly actuated itself without pressing the safety bottom. The employee was hospitalized to treat amputations to three fingers, including his index and middle fingers.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 22 M

Event type
14

Occupation code
856

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