OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221431760
HANDI-FOIL CORP. DBA HANDI-FOIL OF AMERICA
ANTIOCH, IL·
Event description
Employee amputates fingertip in machine
Investigation abstract
At 5:00 p.m. on December 21, 2021, an employee was threading aluminum foil through a machine (Inter Folder #403). The employee had his right hand on the rollers, trying to gauge where to place the paper, and his left hand holding the jogger control. The employee put his finger where the roller was, and the roller had a blade on it. The employee pressed jog with one hand, and the other hand got struck with the blade on the roller. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputation to the right middle finger tip.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 34 M
- Event type
- 2
- Occupation code
- 779
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