Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
105,991Records 71,450Employers 85,836Hospitalizations 27,959Amputations 2015-01-01 2025-11-30

OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221411648

VORTEQ COIL FINISHERS, LLC

Event
Amputated, Amputation, Coating Operation, Finger, Nip Point, Pulled In, Thumb
NAICS
331221
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#345639967
Employer profile
VORTEQ COIL FINISHERS, LLC
Summary number
221411648
Report ID
0454715

Event description

Employee's finger and thumb are amputated in coating machine

Investigation abstract

At 7:10 p.m. on November 10, 2021, an employee had finished a production run and began preparing a coating machine for another production order. While cleaning the coater head, his hand was pulled into the nip point. The employee was hospitalized and had his thumb and index finger on his left hand amputated.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 33 M

    Event type
    2

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