OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221422975

KEN FORGING INC

JEFFERSON, OH· 2021-12-17T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Blasting, Caught In, Chain, Cleaning, Fall, Fall On Same Level, Finger, Lost Balance, Partial Amputation, Shovel, Sprocket, Steel, Unguarded
NAICS: 332112
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345704365
Employer profile: KEN FORGING INC
Summary number: 221422975
Report ID: 0522300

Event description

Employee amputates finger in chain and sprocket

Investigation abstract

At 3:00 p.m. on December 17, 2021, an employee was operating a Goff Blaster blasting machine when between parts he decided to shovel some of the steel shot off the floor. While the employee was shoveling the steel behind the machine, he lost his balance and fell into an unguarded chain and sprocket on the back of the machine. The employee suffered an amputation to first knuckle of his right index finger and was treated without hospitalization.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 29 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
779

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