OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221407190

VITRO ARCHITECTURAL GLASS

FRESNO, CA· 2021-09-07T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Catch Point, Caught Between, Communication, Crushed, Finger, Fingertip, Hand, Industrial Truck, Inspecting, Lift, Malfunction, Manufacturing, Material Handling, Mech Malfunction, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Motor Vehicle, PIV, Pinch Point, Pinched, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Surgical Amputation, Troubleshooting, Unsafe Position, Wing
NAICS: 327211
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345539993
Employer profile: VITRO ARCHITECTURAL GLASS
Summary number: 221407190
Report ID: 0950625

Event description

Employee crushes fingertip in PIV mechanism, later amputated

Investigation abstract

At 5:00 p.m. on September 7, 2021, an employee working for a glass manufacturer was attempting to determine why the right wing of a lift truck powered industrial vehicle (PIV) was not moving. The employee placed his left hand close to a pinch point on a vehicle while investigating the issue. As a coworker moved the controls back and forth, the employee caught his ring finger in the mechanism. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization to surgically amputate the fingertip.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 32 M

Event type
2

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