OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221437494

CALIFORNIA ORGANIC FERTILIZERS, INC.

HANFORD, CA· 2021-09-08T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Catch Point, Caught In, Cleaning, Drill, Drill Bit, Finger, Fingertip, Glove, Hand, Hand Tool, Heat Exchanger, Incorrect Equipment, Instantaneous amputation, PPE, Partial Amputation, Rotating Drill Bit, Rotating Parts, Traumatic Amputation, Wrong Equipment
NAICS: 424910
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345783716
Employer profile: CALIFORNIA ORGANIC FERTILIZERS, INC.
Summary number: 221437494
Report ID: 0950625

Event description

Employee amputates fingertip when glove is caught by drill b

Investigation abstract

At 9:00 a.m. on September 8, 2021, an employee working for a farm supply wholesale supplier had been working in the fish fertilizer processing area. The employee moved to the digestate processing building to assist a coworker who was using a drill with a long bit to clear limescale out the tubes on a heat exchanger. The employee was wearing chemical protective gloves that he had been wearing while working in the fish fertilizer processing area. The employee began operating the drill when he accidentally pulled the trigger causing his left-hand glove to wrap around the drill bit. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputated ring fingertip.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 42 M

Event type
14

Occupation code
0

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