Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
105,991Records 71,450Employers 85,836Hospitalizations 27,959Amputations 2015-01-01 2025-11-30

OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221429285

KW PLASTICS, INC

Event
Amputated, Amputation, Belt, Conveyor Belt, Finger, Fingertip, Machine Guarding, Nip Point
NAICS
326199
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#345737183
Employer profile
KW PLASTICS, INC
Summary number
221429285
Report ID
0418600

Event description

Employee's finger is caught in nip point, resulting in amput

Investigation abstract

At 12:00 p.m. on January 12, 2022, an employee was troubleshooting an issue with a conveyer drive belt at the outfeed area of the PR-10 machine. The employee removed the covers of the drive belt and reached in to make an adjustment when he thought it was not running. The belt started while the employees finger was in the belt resulting in a fingertip amputation. The employee was hospitalized.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 48 M

    Event type
    2

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