OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221434376
UNITED FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, INC.
NETTLETON, MS·
Event description
Employee amputates finger in cutter
Investigation abstract
At 1:30 p.m. on January 27, 2022, an employee was operating a Wolf Big-O circular cutter, cutting stacked layers of fiber fill when he swapped hands and his unprotected arm, hand and fingers made contact with the cutter blade. The employee suffered a partial amputation of his right index finger and was treated without hospitalization.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 29 M
- Event type
- 1
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