Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221411416

ANCHOR GLASS CONTAINER CORPORATION

Event
Amputated, Amputation, Belt Conveyor, Fingertip, Frame, Pipe Wrench, Repair
NAICS
327212
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#345638464
Employer profile
ANCHOR GLASS CONTAINER CORPORATION
Summary number
221411416
Report ID
0419700

Event description

Employee amputates fingertip when pinched by conveyor frame

Investigation abstract

At 12:30 a.m. on November 13, 2021, an employee was using a pipe wrench to roll a bearing shaft of a conveyor belt that was stuck. When the bearing loosened, the conveyer drive engaged the belt. The wrench pinched the finger against the conveyor frame, resulting in a fingertip amputation. The employee was treated without hospitalization.

Victim

  1. #1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 61 M

    Event type
    2
    Occupation code
    715

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