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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221454564

Amputated,Amputation,Catch Point,Caught In,Defect,Defective,Defective Equipment,Electrical Wire,Finger,Inexperience,Lack of Work Procedures,Light Curtain,Machine Guarding,Machine operator,Malfunction,Mechanical Power Press,Power Press,Press Operator,Safety Device,Stamper

Event
Amputated,Amputation,Catch Point,Caught In,Defect,Defective,Defective Equipment,Electrical Wire,Finger,Inexperience,Lack of Work Procedures,Light Curtain,Machine Guarding,Machine operator,Malfunction,Mechanical Power Press,Power Press,Press Operator,Safety Device,Stamper
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
221454564
Report ID
0551800

Event description

Employee amputates multiple fingers due to light curtain gap

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 29 M

    Event type
    2
    Occupation code
    747

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