Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221440084

CADILLAC PRODUCTS AUTOMOTIVE COMPANY

Event
Amputated, Amputation, Arm, Nip Point, Reach, Shaft, Unguarded
NAICS
326113
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#345800122
Employer profile
CADILLAC PRODUCTS AUTOMOTIVE COMPANY
Summary number
221440084
Report ID
0552652

Event description

Employee partially amputates arm when reaching into unguarde

Investigation abstract

At 3:00 a.m. on February 18, 2022, an employee was securing plastic webbing to the shaft of a winder on an extruder. Not using the correct tool, the employee placed his right hand into an unguarded in-running nip point. The employee partially amputated his right arm at the elbow and was hospitalized.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 60 M

    Event type
    2
    Occupation code
    779

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