OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221431489

HARRIS REBAR NUFAB LLC

DAYTON, TX· 2022-01-22T00:00:00

Event: Adjust, Amputated, Amputation, Catch Point, Chain, Electric Motor, Finger, Hand, Installing, Laceration, Lost Control, Maintenance, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Screw Jack, Shaft, Struck Against
NAICS: 332312
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345748040
Employer profile: HARRIS REBAR NUFAB LLC
Summary number: 221431489
Report ID: 0626600

Event description

Employee amputates finger when struck against motor shaft ch

Investigation abstract

At 12:15 p.m. on January 22, 2022, an employee had installed a new screw jack on an RMF South Sheer Line. The employee attempted to calibrate the encoder but the calibration would not take. The employee then tried to calibrate the encoder by using a pair of vice grips to manually turn the motor shaft. While making adjustments, the vice grip slipped and forced the employee's right hand to contact the motor shaft chain. The emloyee amputated his middle finger and lacerated his ring finger and required hospitalization.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 50 M

Event type
2

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