On Thursday, November 9th 2017 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Bath, ME after learning of an incident at General Dynamics which had occured on Tuesday, November 7th 2017. A 50 year old man working as a Machine operator was injured on the job when the employee's fingertip was amputated while operating a hydrauli
Accident Date2017-11-07
Accident DegreeNon Hospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 12:00 p.m. on November 7, 2017, an employee was operating a hydraulic shear to manipulate a piece of stainless steel. During operation, the employee's hand entered the point of operation. As a result, one of employee's fingertips was amputated. The incident investigation identified that the employee's fingers had gone beyond the awareness barrier during operation, which allowed the finger to become caught under a hold down device.