Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221406242

VOESTALPINE AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS CARTERSVILLE LLC

Event
Caught Between, Crushed, Crushing, Finger, Fracture, Hand, Start Button, Test Equipment, Testing
NAICS
336390
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#345607501
Employer profile
VOESTALPINE AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS CARTERSVILLE LLC
Summary number
221406242
Report ID
0418200

Event description

Employee fractures fingers in resistance tester

Investigation abstract

At 10:15 p.m. on October 22, 2021, an employee was placing a part into resistance testing machine when he pressed the activator button and the electrode tip came down on his hand that was holding the part. The employee was hospitalized to treat fractured two bones in his right hand.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 40 M

    Event type
    2
    Occupation code
    779

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