OSHA investigators arrived in Gainesville, TX on Friday, October 13th 2017 and began an accident investigation at Ifs Coatings Inc.. A 29 year old man working as a Machine operator was injured on the job when the employee's finger was amputated in rotary sieve
Accident Date2017-10-03
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 5:40 p.m. on October 3, 2017, Employee #1 began cleaning a rotary sieve. The employee performed lockout/tagout to begin the cleaning process. When the employee realized there was more material in the machine, he exited the ladder, removed LOTO, and started up the machine, causing the machine to push the excess material out. Employee #1 turned off the machine, went back up the ladder to resume the cleaning process, forgetting to perform LOTO. He stuck his hand into the machine and his right index finger was amputated but he was not hospitalized.