OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221417595

SAMUEL, SON & CO. (USA) INC.

RIVERSIDE, CA· 2021-07-28T00:00:00

Event: Aluminum Processing, Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Crushed, Cutting, Engineering Controls, Extrusion, Extrusion Machine, Foundry, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Metal, Mill--Plant, Shear, Sheared, Shearing Machine, Stamper, Traumatic Amputation
NAICS: 331512
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345502702
Employer profile: SAMUEL, SON & CO. (USA) INC.
Summary number: 221417595
Report ID: 0950633

Event description

Employee crushes, amputates fingers when caught in billet sa

Investigation abstract

At 7:30 p.m. on July 28, 2021, an employee working as a machine operator for a high-volume extrusion mill was cutting aluminum billets in the foundry department. The employee worked directly for the company. The employee was removing stock material from the billet saw when he reached in to grab a cut aluminum billet. The stamper came down on the employee's hand crushing his fingers between the stamper and the billet. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for an amputated finger.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 53 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
779

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