Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221454531

112639 - MATERIAL HANDLING SYSTEMS LLC

Event
Amputated, Electric Motor, Finger, Fracture, Hand, Lockout, Rotating Parts, Troubleshooting
NAICS
333999
Inspection type
Planned
Activity number
#345752091
Employer profile
112639 - MATERIAL HANDLING SYSTEMS LLC
Summary number
221454531
Report ID
0551800

Event description

Employee fractures hand and amputates finger in rotating mot

Investigation abstract

At 10:45 a.m. on October 20, 2021, an employee was diagnosing an electrical issue with a motor on a sorter when the motor energized. The employee's hand was inside the system and the rotating parts of the motor fractured his hand and amputated his thumb. The employee was treated without hospitalization.

Victim

  1. #1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 30 M

    Event type
    1

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