OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221409816

MANSFIELD ENGINEERED COMPONENTS, INC.

MANSFIELD, OH· 2021-11-01T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Belt, Caught Between, Energized, Finger, Fingertip, Jammed, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Nip Point, Partial Amputation, Pinched, Pulley
NAICS: 332510
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345629778
Employer profile: MANSFIELD ENGINEERED COMPONENTS, INC.
Summary number: 221409816
Report ID: 0524700

Event description

Employee amputates fingertip unjamming energized riveter

Investigation abstract

At 11:00 p.m. on November 1, 2021, an employee was operating an #R-28 Milford incident. Rivet & Machine Co. Model S413 Riveter on an assembly line when the machine jammed. The operator opened a guard over the flywheel to access the solenoid mechanism which is used to unjam the rivets in the machine. The employee did not shutdown the machine, wait for the residual energy of the flywheel to dissipate, or unplug the equipment. The employee caught his glove in the belt and his right index finger was drawn into the nip point between belt and flywheel pulley. The employee amputated his index finger and fractured his middle finger, requiring medical treatment without hospitalization. There were no witnesses to the

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 26 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
785

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