OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221409741

SOLSTICE SLEEP PRODUCTS

COLUMBUS, OH· 2021-09-23T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Bandsaw, Caught Between, Engineering Controls, Finger, Incorrect Equipment, Instantaneous amputation, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Malfunction, Manufacturing, Mech Malfunction, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Production Line, Traumatic Amputation, Unsafe Position, Wheel, Wrong Equipment
NAICS: 337910
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345552046
Employer profile: SOLSTICE SLEEP PRODUCTS
Summary number: 221409741
Report ID: 0522500

Event description

Employee partially amputates finger when caught in guide whe

Investigation abstract

At 2:00 p.m. on September 23, 2021, an employee working as a machine operator for a mattress manufacturer was assisting with operating a horizontal bandsaw equipped with a carousel bun loader. The employee was manually pushing the carousel wheel which was stuck and not engaged on the drive wheel. He caught his right pinky finger between the bottom of the carousel frame and the guide wheel pinch point. The employee received medical treatment for a partially amputated pinky finger.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 52 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
779

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