Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221453491

112675 - NEWELL BRANDS INC

Event
Amputated, Amputation, Caught By, Chain, Cleaning, Conveyor, Finger, Sprocket
NAICS
332119
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#345790091
Employer profile
112675 - NEWELL BRANDS INC
Summary number
221453491
Report ID
0551800

Event description

Employee Injures Finger In Moving Conveyor

Investigation abstract

At 10:30 a.m. on October 18, 2021, an employee was cleaning out the lids under a magnetic wheel on a bulk station at a metal manufacturing facility. When the employee reached beneath the moving conveyor, his hand contacted the chain and sprocket. The employee injured his left ring finger, resulting in amputation and required medical treatment.

Victim

  1. #1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 20 M

    Event type
    2
    Occupation code
    779

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