OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221426877

BASF AGRICULTURAL SOLUTIONS, LLC

BAPCHULE, AZ· 2021-12-29T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Belt, Catch Point, Caught Between, Caught In, Degloving, Drive Shaft, Finger, Fingertip, Inexperience, Insufficient Supervision, Lack of Work Procedures, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Multi-employer Worksite, Multiemployer, Partial Amputation, Pinched, Pulled In, Pulley, Rotating Parts, Supervision, Unstable Position
NAICS: 325320
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345719439
Employer profile: BASF AGRICULTURAL SOLUTIONS, LLC
Summary number: 221426877
Report ID: 0936400

Event description

Employee degloves finger, amputates tip in pulley drive belt

Investigation abstract

At 3:30 p.m. on December 29, 2021, an employee was assisting a coworker with manually rotating a drive belt/pulley system on the delinting centrifuge by pulley down on the belt. The employee's finger was pulled into the machine between the belt and pulley. The employee pulled his hand out resulting in a degloving of a portion of his left ring finger and amputation of the fingertip, requiring medical treatment without hospitalization.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 0 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
779

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