OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221410103

PARKER-HANNIFIN CORPORATION

BOAZ, AL· 2021-05-21T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Crane, Finger, Fingertip, Hand, Hoist, Hoisting Mechanism, Instantaneous amputation, Jib Crane, Load Shift, Manufacturing, Material Handling, Metal, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Traumatic Amputation, Unsafe Position, Unstable Load, Unstable Position
NAICS: 332721
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345354971
Employer profile: PARKER-HANNIFIN CORPORATION
Summary number: 221410103
Report ID: 0418300

Event description

Employee amputates two fingertips in rolling hex bar stock

Investigation abstract

At 12:00 p.m. on May 21, 2021, an employee working for a manufacturer was using an overhead jib crane. The employee was guiding the 1-3/8-inch hex bar stock in a bundle by hand toward a rack for storage. The employee had his right hand in the batch of the hex bar material when it shifted and rolled. As a result, the employee caught his middle and ring fingers between the bars. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for amputated middle and ring fingertips.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 35 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
0

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