OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221406986

ASHTON LEWIS- RUTHER GLEN INC.

RUTHER GLEN, VA· 2021-10-28T00:00:00

Event: Adjust, Amputated, Amputation, Belt Conveyor, Catch Point, Caught In, Conveyor, Conveyor Belt, Engineering Controls, Finger, Fingertip, Instantaneous amputation, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Maintenance, Partial Amputation, Power Roller, Pulled In, Roller Conveyor, Roller--Mach/Part, Traumatic Amputation
NAICS: 321113
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345609499
Employer profile: ASHTON LEWIS- RUTHER GLEN INC.
Summary number: 221406986
Report ID: 0355111

Event description

Employee amputates three fingertips while adjusting conveyor

Investigation abstract

At 7:00 a.m. on October 28, 2021, an employee working as a machinery maintenance technician for a sawmill was making adjustments to a conveyor belt. The employee caught his right hand in the conveyor pulling his fingers into the rollers and homemade guard. The employee amputated three fingertips and was hospitalized.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 29 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
519

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