OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #673988

AMPUTATED,FINGER,GRAIN,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BY,LOCKOUT,CLOGGED,AUGER,UNGUARDED

1986-11-26T00:00:00

Event: AMPUTATED,FINGER,GRAIN,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BY,LOCKOUT,CLOGGED,AUGER,UNGUARDED
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 673988
Report ID: 751910

Event description

Employee's fingers amputated when caught in auger

Investigation abstract

At 1:30 p.m. on August 1, 1986, Employee #1 was delivering feed supply to an R-R farm. He was running a grain truck that unloaded grain into a farm bin. He remo ved the guard from the hydraulic auger on the feed truck to remove grain that wa s plugged in the auger. His right hand became caught and his right index and mid dle fingers were amputated at the second joint.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 60 M

Nature of injury
1

Part of body
10

Event type
2

Source
30

Occupation code
805

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
8

Task assigned
1

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