OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221422223

ZEPHYR INDUSTRIES INC.

PICO RIVERA, CA· 2021-08-04T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Bypass, Bypass Guard, Catch Point, Caught In, Chain, Finger, Gate, Injury Illness Prevention Program, Instantaneous amputation, Jammed, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Manufacturing, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Production Line, Reaching In, Sprocket, Thumb, Traumatic Amputation
NAICS: 325220
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345606156
Employer profile: ZEPHYR INDUSTRIES INC.
Summary number: 221422223
Report ID: 0950644

Event description

Employee amputates thumb while cleaning fibers from lapper m

Investigation abstract

At 9:40 p.m. on August 4, 2021, an employee working as a production helper for a synthetic fiber manufacturer was working on the Amazon Lapper Line #2. The employee noticed the fibers for the pillows bunching onto the chain and sprocket behind the gate that enclosed the machinery. The employee opened the gate and walked to the area where the fibers were bunching. He reached into that area to pull out the fibers when his thumb became caught in the chain and sprocket. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputated thumb.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 42 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
873

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