OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221437205

WM.T. BURNETT & CO., INCORPORATED

JESSUP, MD· 2021-12-15T00:00:00

Event: Blade, Contact, Cutting, Insufficient Supervision, Jammed, Laceration, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Struck By, Supervision
NAICS: 326140
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345688402
Employer profile: WM.T. BURNETT & CO., INCORPORATED
Summary number: 221437205
Report ID: 0352450

Event description

Employee lacerates fingers while unjamming long splitting ma

Investigation abstract

At 4:00 a.m. on December 15, 2021, an employee and a coworker were operating a hospitalization and his index finger and pinky finger pads were removed. BSV-ET Long Splitting Machine, which sends a glued foam block into a looping motion, cutting a specified thickness off the top of the block with each revolution. The top that gets cut is sent to a cylinder and gets rolled for the customer. Scrap foam had ended up in the blade portion causing the machine to jam. The employee was waiting while the coworker went to the operator pad to stop the machine. After stopping the machine, while trying to clear the foam scrap from the blade, the employee touched the blade with his right hand. The employee severly lacerated his middle and ring fingers to the bone requiring

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 54 M

Event type
6

Occupation code
779

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