OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221425580
STEPHENS PIPE AND STEEL, LLC.
MOUNT STERLING, OH·
Event description
Employee partially amputates finger when glove is caught in
Investigation abstract
At 8:30 p.m. on October 13, 2021, an employee was operating a wire draw machine and began to add lubrication powder to the die area of the machine while wearing gloves. The glove on his right hand was caught and pulled into the rotating spindle. The pinch point where the wire wrapped around the spindle caused a partial amputation to the employee's third digit and a severe laceration to the fourth digit. The employee was hospitalized for treatment.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 34 M
- Event type
- 2
- Occupation code
- 779
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