OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221457914

AG MANUFACTURING INC

HARBOR BEACH, MI· 2021-12-06T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Engineering Controls, Finger, Fingertip, Guard, Lack of Engineering Controls, Machine operator, Partial Amputation, Pinched, Point Of Operation, Power Press, Press Operator, Struck By
NAICS: 332618
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345922611
Employer profile: AG MANUFACTURING INC
Summary number: 221457914
Report ID: 0552652

Event description

Employee amputates fingertip, guard fails when press cycles

Investigation abstract

At 1:00 p.m. on December 6, 2021, an employee was operating a terminal Press located in the Processing Department of a facility. The employee placed a terminal ring into the slide and pushed the slide into the press when the terminal ring turned out of place. As the employee was reaching for a screwdriver he inadvertently pushed a left hand index finger through the guard protecting the point of operation as he hit the foot pedal in the process. The employee amputated his fingertip, requiring medical treatment without hospitalization.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 58 F

Event type
1

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