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Wyman-Gordon Forgings

Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. — Amputations — CLEVELAND, OHIO

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Wyman-Gordon Forgings in CLEVELAND, OHIO
Employer Wyman-Gordon Forgings Report ID 2018022007
Address 3097 E. 61ST ST. City, State ZIP CLEVELAND, OHIO 44104
Event Date February 28, 2018 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. Source of Injury Forging machinery
Industry (NAICS) 332111 Inspection # 1294770
GPS Coordinates 41.47000, -81.64000

Incident Narrative

An employee was changing the tooling in a trimmer. As he turned a wrench to loosen the bolt holding the trim blade, his elbow hit the cycle button, activating the machine while his hand was inside. His right pinky and ring fingers had to be fully amputated at the hospital, and he had stitches in his middle finger. The machine was not locked out or turned off at the time of the incident.

Incident Summary

On February 28, 2018, a worker at Wyman-Gordon Forgings in CLEVELAND, OHIO suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c., with forging machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

OSHA has recorded 718 severe injury reports involving "Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c." incidents in our database. Browse all Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. injuries.

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