OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221436199

HITACHI ENERGY USA INC.

JEFFERSON CITY, MO· 2022-01-08T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Cotter Pin, Cutting, Fingertip, Machine operator, Nip Point, Pinched, Pulling, Wire Rope
NAICS: 221112
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345723621
Employer profile: HITACHI ENERGY USA INC.
Summary number: 221436199
Report ID: 0729300

Event description

Employee amputates fingertip in wire rope cutter

Investigation abstract

At 8:10 a.m. on January 8, 2022, an employee was operating a Reel-O-Matic CTL/CVS/2000 Wire Rope Cutter and was removing a wire spool when he pulled the pin and his finger was caught in a pinch point on the machine. The employee suffered an amputation of his right index fingertip and was treated without hospitalization.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 34 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
779

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