OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221408545

GREIF INC.

DALTON, GA· 2021-09-14T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Catch Point, Caught Between, Caught In, Container, Energized, Engineering Controls, Finger, Hand Tool, Instantaneous amputation, Jammed, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Manufacturing, Metal container, Production Line, Rotating Shaft, Shaft, Thumb, Traumatic Amputation
NAICS: 332439
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345620090
Employer profile: GREIF INC.
Summary number: 221408545
Report ID: 0418200

Event description

Employee amputates thumb in shaft while unjamming energized

Investigation abstract

At 4:00 p.m. on September 14, 2021, an employee working for a metal container manufacturer was preparing to unjam the KK2 machine. The employee reached over a guard on the machine while it was running to remove a tool. The employee caught his right hand in the shaft. The employee amputated his thumb requiring medical treatment without hospitalization.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 50 M

Event type
2

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