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SANOH AMERICA

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — FINDLAY, OHIO

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at SANOH AMERICA in FINDLAY, OHIO
Employer SANOH AMERICA Report ID 2017109856
Address 1849 INDUSTRIAL DR. City, State ZIP FINDLAY, OHIO 45840
Event Date October 13, 2017 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Painting, priming, metal coating machinery
Industry (NAICS) 336399 Inspection # 1272482
GPS Coordinates 41.06000, -83.61000

Incident Narrative

On October 13, 2017, an employee was untangling steel tubing on the front load end of a plating line when the machine recognized a change in tension and began pulling the tubing, which then pinched and amputated the employee's right ring fingertip. The machine was powered on at the time of the incident.

Incident Summary

On October 13, 2017, a worker at SANOH AMERICA in FINDLAY, OHIO suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with painting, priming, metal coating machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

OSHA has recorded 5,298 severe injury reports involving "Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning" incidents in our database. Browse all Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning injuries.

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