Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221426463

WOLVERINE TUBE, INC.

Event
Caught Between, Guide, Partial Amputation, Roller Conveyor, Saw, Thumb
NAICS
331318
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#345719330
Employer profile
WOLVERINE TUBE, INC.
Summary number
221426463
Report ID
0418300

Event description

Employee partially amputates thumb on roller conveyor

Investigation abstract

At 2:00 p.m. on January 4, 2022, Employee #1 was using a Hytrol Roller Conveyor system in the packing department. He was guiding aluminum material from a saw onto the conveyor machine. His right thumb was caught between the moving aluminum material and the guide pin on the roller table. Employee #1 partially amputated his right thumb and was treated without hospitalization.

Victim

  1. #1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 35 M

    Event type
    2

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