Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221429707

COWELL STEEL STRUCTURES, LLC

Event
Amputated, Amputation, Bending Machine, Caught In, Finger, Fingertip, Metal Strip, Partial Amputation
NAICS
332311
Inspection type
Complaint
Activity number
#345728885
Employer profile
COWELL STEEL STRUCTURES, LLC
Summary number
221429707
Report ID
0627100

Event description

Employee amputates three fingertips in folding machine

Investigation abstract

At 11:15 a.m. on October 27, 2021, an employee was bending trim in a folding machine when the bottom bar came up and caught four of his fingertips. The employee suffered fingertip amputations to the fourth finger on his right hand and the third and fourth fingers on his left hand. The employee was treated without hospitalization.

Victim

  1. #1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 46 M

    Event type
    2
    Occupation code
    717

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