Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221416597

MIDNIGHT GIN COMPANY, INC.

Event
Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Cleaning, Electric Saw, Finger, Guard
NAICS
115111
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#345662100
Employer profile
MIDNIGHT GIN COMPANY, INC.
Summary number
221416597
Report ID
0419400

Event description

Employee amputates finger when caught in machine

Investigation abstract

At approximately 6:00 p.m. on November 23, 2021, an employee was performing a daily shut-down clean-up period. The employee was cleaning the lint cleaner machine and removed a safety guard and stuck his hand in the machine before the machine's saw cylinder came to a stop. The employee amputated the left index finger and was hospitalized for these injuries.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 30 M

    Event type
    2

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