Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221403827

WENZEL METAL SPINNING, INC

Event
Amputation, Blocks, Caught Between, Crushed, Machine operator, Metal, Thumb
NAICS
332119
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#345592547
Employer profile
WENZEL METAL SPINNING, INC
Summary number
221403827
Report ID
0418300

Event description

Employee amputates thumb while operating leifeld machine

Investigation abstract

At 9:10 a.m. on October 13, 2021, an employee was operating a Leifeld machine. The employee's thumb on his left hand was smashed between a block and a metal part. His left thumb was amputated, resulting in hospitalization.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 18 M

    Event type
    14
    Occupation code
    564

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