OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221444573
AMERICAN METAL FILTER CO
CHULA VISTA, CA·
Event description
Employee fractures two fingers after use of pneumatic foot
Investigation abstract
At approximately 1:50 p.m. on February 14, 2022, an employee assembled the aluminum filters on the lens machine. The employee crushed her hands in the lens press machine that day. The employee used the lens press, activated by a pneumatic foot pedal press. The process is to take a lens plastic film attached to an aluminum plate and the aluminum screen, align it in the lens press machine and then press on the pedal to press the product together. The employee did not remove her hands when she stepped on the pedal, crushing her hands. The employee was hospitalized to treat fractures to two fingers.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 58 F
- Event type
- 2
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