OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221418395
HUTCHENS INDUSTRIES
MANSFIELD, MO·
Event description
Employee amputates fingertip in jig
Investigation abstract
At 2:00 p.m. on December 2, 2021, an employee was putting parts in a jig to spot weld them together and had his hand on the parts to steady them when he hit the foot lever to close jig. The employee's finger was caught between the parts to be welded and the jig causing an amputation of his left middle fingertip. The employee was treated without hospitalization.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 45 M
- Event type
- 2
- Occupation code
- 783
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