OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #970772

MAINTENANCE,AMPUTATED,FINGER,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BY,LOCKOUT

1989-02-02T00:00:00

Event: MAINTENANCE,AMPUTATED,FINGER,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BY,LOCKOUT
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 970772
Report ID: 854910

Event description

Employee amputates fingers in snowblower

Investigation abstract

At 9:20 a.m. on February 2, 1989, Employee #1 was operating a Gilson ST 422 snow blower when plastic strapping became caught in the machine. He turned the machin e OFF, took it into a building, and removed all the strapping. He started the ma chine again, but after a few minutes it stopped. The employee then saw a piece o f strapping in the blower stack. As he tried to pull it out, his right hand beca me caught and his little, ring, and index fingertips and his middle finger to th e first joint were amputated. He was hospitalized until February 5, 1989.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 53 M

Nature of injury
1

Part of body
10

Event type
2

Source
26

Occupation code
364

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
2

Task assigned
1

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