OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221429236
MW INDUSTRIES, INC.
BALTIMORE, MD·
Event description
Employee amputates fingertip in steel roller
Investigation abstract
At 10:30 a.m. on January 17, 2022, an employee was demonstrating rethreading to in place. The employee was hospitalized and the tip of his middle finger was amputated. a new coworker on a Herdon CSC-80T CNC Spring Making Machine. The rethreading process is normally conducted by a single operator who would have one hand holding the steel wire in place while the other hand was operating the controls. The new coworker was attempting the rethreading by himself but was unable to straighten the wire. The employee straightened the wire with his right hand then used the roller controller with his left hand to lower the rollers while his fingers were still at the nip point. The employee explained that he lowered the rollers out of habit, since he usually lowered the rollers after he set the wire
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 53 M
- Event type
- 2
- Occupation code
- 779
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