OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221437577

PSIX, LLC

SPRINGBORO, OH· 2022-01-31T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Engineering Controls, Finger, High Pressure, Lack of Engineering Controls, Machine operator, Paper Machine, Paper Roll, Pinched, Reaching
NAICS: 322299
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345767628
Employer profile: PSIX, LLC
Summary number: 221437577
Report ID: 0522000

Event description

Employee amputates finger in pinch point of pressure pounder

Investigation abstract

At 9:45 a.m. on January 31, 2022, an employee was packing rolls of receipt paper when he reached into the pressure pounder to pull the rolls out. The employee caught his left hand in a pinch point and amputated his middle finger, requiring medical treatment without hospitalization.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 20 M

Event type
2

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