OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221447113

CP MANUFACTURING, INC.

SAN DIEGO, CA· 2021-09-22T00:00:00

Event: Abrasive Blasting, Air Pressure, Arm, Cut, Glove, Hand, High Pressure, Incorrect Equipment, Inexperience, Injury Illness Prevention Program, Laceration, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Protective Clothing, Sand, Sandblasting, Sanding, Struck By, Training, Wrong Equipment
NAICS: 332322
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345594543
Employer profile: CP MANUFACTURING, INC.
Summary number: 221447113
Report ID: 0950632

Event description

Employee lacerates hand while abrasive blasting steel part

Investigation abstract

At 9:22 a.m. on September 22, 2021, an employee was working for a manufacturer causing him to be struck on the top part of his right hand. The employee was hospitalized to treat a lacerated hand. of waste and recycling machines. The facility receives and processes raw materials, including steel components, into parts. Operations include, but are not limited to, bending and metal cutting, welding, sandblasting, and painting. The employee was newly assigned and was working inside a sandblasting room/containment using a gun to blast a steel part to prepare for painting. As the employee was sandblasting the steel part, he needed to turn the part to blast the backside. He placed the blasting gun under his armpit while moving the part. The gun was engaged when he placed his hand between the part and the gun

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 32 M

Event type
14

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