The accident investigation below was opened on Tuesday, March 28th 2017 by OSHA representitives in Grandview, MO which had occured previously at Peterson Manufacturing Company. A 39 year old Assembler had been injured when the employee amputated finger on tube cutting machine
Accident Date2017-03-22
Accident DegreeNon Hospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 10:30 a.m. on March 22, 2017, Employee #1 was using the Eubanks tube cutting machine to cut two inch lengths of tubing. Static electricity had built up on the plastic tubing, causing it to clump at the outfeed. When this occurs, the employees are trained to tap on the bottom of the metal chute to discharge the static and release the clumped cut tubing. The employee reached under the guard, over the top of the chute, and swept the pieces away from the machine. When doing this, her right index finger entered the point of operations and the pad of her right index finger was amputated.