OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #887265
HALETHROPE EXTRUSIONS, INC.
BALTIMORE, MD·
Event description
Employee's fingertip amputated in clevis pin hole
Investigation abstract
On January 26, 1989, Employee #1, a maintenance mechanic, was inside the housing of a machine replacing a broken clevis. A jaw assembly that was attached to a c rane moved, causing the employee's glove to become caught in the clevis pin hole . His left fingertip was partially amputated.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 1
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