OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221417835

COORSTEK, INC.

GOLDEN, CO· 2021-12-08T00:00:00

Event: Adjust, Amputated, Amputation, Barrier Guard, Caught By, Finger, Fingertip, Gate, Grinder, Grinding Machine, Grinding Wheel, Machine Guarding, Partial Amputation, Point Of Operation, Start Button
NAICS: 327999
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345677785
Employer profile: COORSTEK, INC.
Summary number: 221417835
Report ID: 0830600

Event description

Employee amputates finger while operating grinder

Investigation abstract

At 5:15 a.m. on December 8, 2021, an employee was operating a Blanchard surface grinder and was reaching into the machine to adjust a piece of stock on the wheel when his ID badge which was hanging down from a lanyard around his neck became lodged under the bottom wheel. As the employee moved to remove his badge from the wheel, he contacted the start button for the grinder causing the wheel to start and catching his finger between the part and the grinding wheel. The grinder had a barrier gate in place that was not interlocked but did not have any other type of guard at the point of operation. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputation to the tip of his left middle finger.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 47 M

Event type
14

Occupation code
779

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