OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221428618

WELDFIT CORPORATION

HOUSTON, TX· 2022-01-18T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Caught In, Cleaning, Energized, Engineering Controls, Finger, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lathe, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine operator, Metal Lathe, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Rotating Shaft, Shaft
NAICS: 333249
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345732622
Employer profile: WELDFIT CORPORATION
Summary number: 221428618
Report ID: 0626600

Event description

Employee amputates finger in lathe while polishing running s

Investigation abstract

At 10:01 a.m. on January 18, 2022, an employee was in the process of polishing the running shaft on a manual lathe. The employee's right middle finger was caught in or between the running shaft of the manual lathe which resulted in amputation and medical treatment without hospitalization.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 73 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
704

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