OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221444334

NINE SHIPS CO. INC.

ERIE, PA· 2022-02-22T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Caught In, Crushed, Crushing, Energized, Fall, Fall On Same Level, Finger, Foot, Foot Control, Foot pedal, Foot-Powered Press, Lost Balance, Machine operator, Metal Sheet, Operating, Sheet Metal, Tripped
NAICS: 332311
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345827596
Employer profile: NINE SHIPS CO. INC.
Summary number: 221444334
Report ID: 0336000

Event description

Employee's fingers are crushed by curtain break machine

Investigation abstract

At 08:00 a.m. on February 22, 2022, an employee was inserting sheet metal into a curtain break. The employee tripped and fell forward onto the machine. The employee's fingers were under the machine and while he was regaining balance. The employee's foot hit the foot control, energizing the machine, and began operating the machine crushing the fingers. The employee was transported to the hospital for surgical amputations for their crushed fingers. The employee was hospitalized.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 57 M

Event type
2

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