OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221407174

O'NEILL VINTNERS & DISTILLERS

PARLIER, CA· 2021-08-30T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Catch Point, Caught Between, Chain, Engineering Controls, Finger, Fingertip, Glove, Laceration, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Mechanic, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Pulling, Sprocket, Surgical Amputation
NAICS: 312130
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345612394
Employer profile: O'NEILL VINTNERS & DISTILLERS
Summary number: 221407174
Report ID: 0950625

Event description

Employee lacerates finger under chain, later partially amput

Investigation abstract

At 7:30 p.m. on August 30, 2021, an employee working as a maintenance mechanic resulted in a partial amputation due to a small amount of bone loss required to close the wound. The employee was not hospitalized. for a winery was working on a drive gear and chain. The employee had locked out and tagged out the equipment. The employee was working from a lift about 10 feet above the floor. He was wearing task appropriate gloves assembling components on the drive equipment which had been isolated. The employee lifted a heavy chain to place on a large sprocket. The weight of the chain once set on the sprocket pinched his left index finger. During the reflex action of pulling his hand away, the employee lacerated his finger. The employee received medical treatment requiring the finger bone to be shaved in order to close the wound. This

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 46 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
519

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