OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221419856

SST CONVEYOR COMPONENTS INC.

LOVELAND, OH· 2021-12-07T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Catch Point, Caught In, Conveyor, Finger, Hand, Inexperience, Laceration, Machine operator, Material Handling, Multi-employer Worksite, Multiemployer, Partial Amputation, Two-Hand Control
NAICS: 333922
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345689772
Employer profile: SST CONVEYOR COMPONENTS INC.
Summary number: 221419856
Report ID: 0522000

Event description

Employee partially amputates two fingers in activated swedge

Investigation abstract

At 9:49 p.m. on December 7, 2021, an employee was working on a swedger, which is a two man operation. The employee caught his left hand in the machine when his coworker pushed the two hand controls. The employee partially amputated his left middle and ring fingers, requiring hospitalization.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 19 M

Event type
2

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