OSHA investigators arrived in Woburn, MA on Wednesday, May 24th 2017 and began an accident investigation at Vibration And Shock Technologies, Llc. A 39 year old man working as a Technician was injured on the job when the employee's thumb was amputated when drop test equipment falls
Accident Date2017-05-16
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 8:30 p.m. on May 16, 2017, an employee was working with drop tester equipment and removing pads. While using the tester equipment in "Auto Drop" mode, one of the employee's thumbs was amputated when the equipment cycled.