Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
105,991Records 71,450Employers 85,836Hospitalizations 27,959Amputations 2015-01-01 2025-11-30

OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221455595

AAA

Event
Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Caught In, Crushed, Finger, Fingertip, Steel, Struck By
NAICS
221310
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#345807259
Employer profile
AAA
Summary number
221455595
Report ID
0257240

Event description

Employee amputates fingertip when struck by falling steel co

Investigation abstract

At 1:45 p.m. on December 21, 2021, Employee # 1 raised the steel cover with a screwdriver. He dropped the steel cover and it caught his middle finger on his left hand. Employee # 1 suffered an amputation of his fingertip. He was treated without hospitalization.

Victim

  1. #1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 45 M

    Event type
    14
    Occupation code
    5

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