OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221425093

Agriculture,Agriculture Machinery/Vehicle,Avulsion,Caught Between,Caught In,Contusion,Engineering Controls,Farm,Farm Machinery,Farm worker,Finger,Fingertip,Glove,Hand,Harvester,Harvesting,Lack of Engineering Controls,Machine Guarding,Machine operator,Nail,PPE,PPE Hazard Assessment,Reaching,Safety Latch,Skin,Slip,Slippery Surface,Sweeper,Sweeper Arm,Thumb,Unsafe Position

2021-08-23T00:00:00

Event: Agriculture,Agriculture Machinery/Vehicle,Avulsion,Caught Between,Caught In,Contusion,Engineering Controls,Farm,Farm Machinery,Farm worker,Finger,Fingertip,Glove,Hand,Harvester,Harvesting,Lack of Engineering Controls,Machine Guarding,Machine operator,Nail,PPE,PPE Hazard Assessment,Reaching,Safety Latch,Skin,Slip,Slippery Surface,Sweeper,Sweeper Arm,Thumb,Unsafe Position
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 221425093
Report ID: 0950623

Event description

Employee sustains avulsion to thumb when caught in sweeper a

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 63 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
479

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