OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221411952
DIAMONDBACK TOWERS DBA DIAMONDBACK MARINE
COCOA, FL·
Event description
Employee's fingers are amputated in pipe bending machine
Investigation abstract
At 4:00 p.m. on November 2, 2021, an employee was working as a machine operator for a firm that manufactured fabricated pipes and pipe fittings. He was operating a pipe bending machine. He was bending a short piece of pipe. He had his right hand on a piece of pipe, to place the pipe on the point of operation. The machine pulled in the pipe. The employee's fingers were caught by the machine's dies. The index, middle, and ring fingers on his right hand were crushed and amputated. He was hospitalized.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 22 M
- Event type
- 2
- Occupation code
- 777
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