OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221410384
ALADDIN MANUFACTURING CORPORATION
CALHOUN, GA·
Event description
Employee partially amputates finger during carpet roller ope
Investigation abstract
At 8:30 a.m. on August 12, 2021, Employee #1, an Orr Operator, was operating Orr Carpet Roller Number 2 while being supervised at the carpet roller station. Employee #1, who was new to the station, was inserting a small carpet into the spindle for plastic wrapping. While adjusting the carpet with her right hand, the supervisor inadvertently actuated the spindle, leading to the partial amputation of Employee #1's right hand's middle finger. The employee was hospitalized for treatment.
Victim
-
#1 Hospitalized Age 45 F
- Event type
- 1
- Occupation code
- 777
Codes shown verbatim from OSHA's accident-investigation database. A human-readable decoder is coming in a future release once the accident_lookup2 dictionary is loaded.