OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221417066

Amputated,Amputation,Butterfly Valve,Catch Point,Caught In,Cleaning,Engineering Controls,Finger,Fingertip,Food processing,Guard,Inspecting,Insufficient Supervision,Lack of Engineering Controls,Lack of Work Procedures,Machine Guarding,Machine operator,Material Handling,Misjudgment,Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation,Partial Amputation,Pinched,Sheared,Supervision,Troubleshooting,Unguarded,Valve

2021-12-04T00:00:00

Event: Amputated,Amputation,Butterfly Valve,Catch Point,Caught In,Cleaning,Engineering Controls,Finger,Fingertip,Food processing,Guard,Inspecting,Insufficient Supervision,Lack of Engineering Controls,Lack of Work Procedures,Machine Guarding,Machine operator,Material Handling,Misjudgment,Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation,Partial Amputation,Pinched,Sheared,Supervision,Troubleshooting,Unguarded,Valve
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 221417066
Report ID: 0751910

Event description

Employee amputates fingertip in valve when machine activates

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 46 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
699

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