OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221448764
ACRO MANUFACTURING CORP.
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA·
Event description
Employee amputates finger while loading spindles into machin
Investigation abstract
At 9:30 a.m. on February 26, 2022, an employee was loading steel spindles into his machine from the storage crates. A spindle slipped off the fixture that was holding and moving it toward the machine. When it fell, the employee's finger was caught between the machine and spindle, resulting in the amputation of the left middle finger tip just below the first knuckle. The employee was hospitalized.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 19 M
- Event type
- 2
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