OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221440316
EATON CORPORATION
KEARNEY, NE·
Event description
Employee amputates pinky fingertip on eddy current machine
Investigation abstract
At 8:30 p.m. on February 15, 2022, an employee was retrieving valves that fell below the carriage of a Sonic eddy current machine. While pulling the valves out, the carriage amputated his left pinky fingertip. The employee was hospitalized.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 56 M
- Event type
- 2
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