OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221443849
PRIDE STAFF
FRESNO, CA·
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
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#1 Hospitalized Age 40 M
- Event type
- 2
- Occupation code
- 733
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