OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221448046

HERNANDEZ CONTRACTOR, INC.

SHAFTER, CA· 2021-09-21T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Construction, Crushed, Finger, Hand, Installing, Manual Mat Handling, Material Handling, Mechanic, Positioning, Staffing Agency, Steel Plate, Struck By, Temporary, Temporary Employment Agency, Temporary Worker, Traumatic Amputation
NAICS: 561320
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345666051
Employer profile: HERNANDEZ CONTRACTOR, INC.
Summary number: 221448046
Report ID: 0950647
Project type: A
Construction end-use: C

Event description

Employee crushes finger under plate resulting in amputation

Investigation abstract

At 7:35 a.m. on September 21, 2021, an employee working as a mechanic for a temporary staffing contractor was working with a coworker installing a plate on the frame of a new conveyor belt. The employee was positioning the plate into place. He had his right hand placed underneath the plate and when the coworker put down his side of the plate first. The plate came down on the employee's index finger. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for a crushed right index finger resulting in an amputation.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 32 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
549

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