Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221443849

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Event
Avulsion, Caught Between, Guard, Hand, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Pallet, Pinned
NAICS
561320
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#345684625
Employer profile
PRIDE STAFF
Summary number
221443849
Report ID
0950625

Event description

Employee suffers complex hand avulsion when pinned against m

Investigation abstract

At 3:15 p.m. on October 19, 2021, an employee was working at a pallet manufacturing facility where final fasteners were being inserted into the finished product. The employee reached into the running machine to straighten the product to avoid a potential jam. The employee's hand was pinned against a fixed non-point of operation guide and the product. The employee failed to follow written instruction and training that was provided as related to lockout/tagout. The employee sustained a complex hand avulsion to his right hand, resulting in hospitalization.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 40 M

    Event type
    2
    Occupation code
    733

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