OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221405582

THK RHYTHM AUTOMOTIVE MICHIGAN CORPORATION

PORTLAND, MI· 2021-08-23T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Die, Engineering Controls, Finger, Hand, Inexperience, Instantaneous amputation, Lack of Engineering Controls, Machine Cycled, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Motor Vehicle, Pinch Point, Pinched, Power Press, Press, Press Operator, Struck By, Traumatic Amputation, Unsafe Position
NAICS: 336330
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345602999
Employer profile: THK RHYTHM AUTOMOTIVE MICHIGAN CORPORATION
Summary number: 221405582
Report ID: 0552652

Event description

Employee amputates two fingers when struck by upset press di

Investigation abstract

At 12:45 p.m. on August 23, 2021, an employee working as a forging machine operator for a motor vehicle components manufacturer was operating the National Horizontal Mechanical Upset Forge Press Number 5. The employee placed a part in the machine and cycled the upset forge with his left hand positioned too low on the part. The employee's hand was struck by the die. He was hospitalized to treat two amputated fingers.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 40 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
713

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