OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221426745

TUFCO LP

GREEN BAY, WI· 2022-01-06T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Chute, Engineering Controls, Finger, Guard, Lack of Engineering Controls, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Sheared, Unguarded
NAICS: 322291
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345721518
Employer profile: TUFCO LP
Summary number: 221426745
Report ID: 0521100

Event description

Employee partially amputates finger in unguarded machine

Investigation abstract

At 7:15 a.m. on January 6, 2022, an employee had finished filling one of five index chutes on a lidder machine for "Clipper Two, Leg One". The employee was leaning on the edge of the machine while it operated and had not realized that several guards were missing. When the lid chute rotated to a new index, the employee caught her left hand in a shear point. Guards were available for the machine but were not installed on the day of the incident. The emloyee partially amputated her ring finger, requiring hospialization.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 30 F

Event type
2

Occupation code
779

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