OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221426778

CHESTNUT RIDGE FOAM INC

LATROBE, PA· 2021-08-30T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Cleaning, Crushed, Foot, Instantaneous amputation, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Manufacturing, Pinch Point, Pinched, Power Roller, Pressure Wash, Production Line, Roller--Mach/Part, Rubber, Toe, Traumatic Amputation, Unsafe Position
NAICS: 326299
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345510770
Employer profile: CHESTNUT RIDGE FOAM INC
Summary number: 221426778
Report ID: 0317500

Event description

Employee power washing rubber line amputates toe in rollers

Investigation abstract

At 3:30 p.m. on August 30, 2021, an employee working as a production line operator for a rubber products manufacturer was pressure washing the dip line/impregnation line. The employee somehow caught his foot between two rollers. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputated toe.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 64 M

Event type
2

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