OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221418312

UNITYPOINT HEALTH METHODIST

PEORIA, IL· 2021-12-06T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Catch Point, Caught Between, Engineering Controls, Finger, Fingertip, Hydraulic Equipment, Lack of Engineering Controls, Partial Amputation, Pinched, Ram, Repair, Trash Compactor
NAICS: 622110
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345681340
Employer profile: UNITYPOINT HEALTH METHODIST
Summary number: 221418312
Report ID: 0524500

Event description

Employee amputates fingertip repairing hydraulic ram

Investigation abstract

At 10:30 a.m. on December 6, 2021, an employee was repairing a hydraulic cylinder ram on a cardboard compactor when he caught his left hand in the ram. The employee pinched his middle finger between the ram and the pushing plate. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputation to his fingertip.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 47 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
213

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