OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221405384
NEW MILLENNIUM BUILDING SYSTEMS, LLC.
LAKE CITY, FL·
Event description
Machine operator's two fingers are amputated in drive chain
Investigation abstract
At 5:00 p.m. on October 20, 2021, an employee was working as a machine operator for a firm that manufactured fabricated structural metal. He was operating a metal truss roll former machine. He was setting up the roll machine with a new chord size. The first chord came out just a few inches past the "kicker wheel." The kicker wheel was powered by a chain and sprocket drive. The employee overreached to pull the chord piece out, just below a broken section of a machine guard. His right hand slipped below the piece and got caught in the chain. The ring and small fingers on his right hand were amputated. He was hospitalized.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 24 M
- Event type
- 2
- Occupation code
- 779
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