Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #707281

ACME PAD CORPORATION

Event
FRACTURE, MAINTENANCE, FINGER, STRUCK AGAINST, CAUGHT BETWEEN, MECH MALFUNCTION, UNGUARDED
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#102020211
Employer profile
ACME PAD CORPORATION
Summary number
707281
Report ID
352420

Event description

Employee's finger fractured in unguarded pinch point

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was adjusting a control motor when she placed her right hand on the outer frame of the swing arm. The inner swing frame moved past a safety set (mec hanical stop), contacting her index finger and pulling it between the swing fram e and outer frame. Her finger was fractured.

Victim

  1. #1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 30 F

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    10
    Event type
    2
    Source
    26
    Occupation code
    693
    Human factor
    4
    Environmental factor
    1
    Task assigned
    1

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