OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221405087

CANTEX INC.

AURORA, OH· 2021-10-20T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Caught By, Clamp, Clearing, Finger, Fingertip, Jammed, Lockout, Machine Cycled, Machine operator, Partial Amputation, Pipe, Plastic, Plastic Mfg
NAICS: 326122
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345600654
Employer profile: CANTEX INC.
Summary number: 221405087
Report ID: 0522300

Event description

Employee's fingertip is amputated when unjamming machine

Investigation abstract

At 6:45 a.m. on October 20, 2021, an employee was working as a machine operator for a firm that manufactured plastic pipes and pipe fittings. He was operating a beller machine on the site's line 1B. The beller machine beveled the ends of PVC (polyvinyl chloride) pipe. The machine had jammed, and he was clearing the jam. He was reaching into the machine to realign it when the hold-down clamp activated and crushed his finger. The tip of the ring finger on his right hand was amputated below fingernail. He was treated without hospitalization.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 34 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
779

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