OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221434731

CEMEX CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS PACIFIC LLC

APPLE VALLEY, CA· 2021-12-30T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Catch Point, Caught In, Finger, Hand, Inexperience, Installing, Laceration, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine operator, Material Handling, Pipe, Rotating Parts, Training
NAICS: 327310
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345766505
Employer profile: CEMEX CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS PACIFIC LLC
Summary number: 221434731
Report ID: 0950633

Event description

Employee amputates two fingers when caught in running rotary

Investigation abstract

At 3:45 p.m. on December 20, 2021, an employee was operating a K2 CKD Rotary Feeder while being trained as a Production Utility Helper. The employee was reinstalling an air-intake pipe in the airlock system when he caught his right hand in the rotary feeder. The employee amputated his index and middle fingers and was hospitalized.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 27 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
865

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