OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221453855

114746 - MIDWEST METAL PRODUCTS, INC

MICHIGAN CITY, IN· 2021-09-23T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Caught By, Caught In, Engineering Controls, Feeding, Finger, Fingertip, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Lack of Engineering Controls, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Manufacturing, Metal, Metal Sheet, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Production Line, Pulled In, Rolling, Sheet Metal, Traumatic Amputation
NAICS: 332322
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345837116
Employer profile: 114746 - MIDWEST METAL PRODUCTS, INC
Summary number: 221453855
Report ID: 0551800

Event description

Employee amputates fingertip when pulled into coiling machin

Investigation abstract

At 7:56 a.m. on September 23, 2021, an employee working for a sheet metal manufacturer was preparing a straight angle frame to be processed through the Line 3 Coiling Machine. The employee was feeling for burrs on the material when his right hand was caught and pulled into the coiler entry roll tool. The employee amputated his index fingertip and was hospitalized for treatment.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 47 M

Event type
2

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