OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221423122
SCHAEFER SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
LODI, CA·
Event description
Employee sustains finger avulsion while assembling end-of-ar
Investigation abstract
At 5:25 p.m. on July 17, 2021, Employee #1, a maintenance technician at a facility that manufactures plastic municipal residential garbage cans, was building a new end-of-arm device on a workbench in the maintenance shop area. The device was not attached to any machine or connected to air or other energy sources. While manually adjusting the cylinders to position them correctly, Employee #1 pinched the tip of his left ring finger between the cylinder head and the mounting plate. Employee #1 sustained an avulsion to the tip of the left ring finger and was treated and released from Adventist Health Lodi Memorial without hospitalization.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 44 M
- Event type
- 2
- Occupation code
- 519
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