OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221431844

LEKOS DYE & FINISHING, INC.

EAST RANCHO DOMINGUEZ, CA· 2021-08-27T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Cleaning, Cloth, Energized, Engineering Controls, Extension Handle, Finger, Hand, Hand Tool, Injury Illness Prevention Program, Instantaneous amputation, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Pinch Point, Pinched, Power Roller, Roller--Mach/Part, Training, Traumatic Amputation
NAICS: 313310
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345507396
Employer profile: LEKOS DYE & FINISHING, INC.
Summary number: 221431844
Report ID: 0950635

Event description

Employee amputates four fingers when pulled into machine rol

Investigation abstract

At 12:00 p.m. on August 27, 2021, an employee was working as a fabricating machine operator for a textile manufacturer. The employee is a regular employee of the employer at the site. The employee was cleaning the rollers of the D3 Tenter #1 with a piece of cloth. The machine was energized, and the rollers were moving. The employee caught his right hand between the rollers. A coworker who performed supervisory duties was cleaning the opposite side of the second roller of the same machine at the time. No one witnessed the incident. The employee was hospitalized to treat amputations to all four fingers.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 31 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
717

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