Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1449287.015 - Quietflex Manufacturing Company, L.P.

Inspection Information - Office: Tampa Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1449287.015

Report ID: 0420600

Date Opened: 12/04/2019

Site Address:
Quietflex Manufacturing Company, L.P.
7730 American Way
Groveland, FL 34736

Mailing Address:
5151 San Felipe St., Suite 500, Houston, TX 77056

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 335999/All Other Miscellaneous Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 12/04/2019

Emphasis: N:Amputate

Case Closed: 04/29/2020

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1519835	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 122261.015

Event: 11/19/2019

Employee partially amputates finger while unjamming machine

On November 19, 2019, an employee working as a laborer for an electrical equipment manufacturer was clearing a jam in an energized machine. The employee caught his left hand in the machine. He partially amputated the first portion of his index finger and sustained three fractures on his middle finger, requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Crushed, Finger, Fracture, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Jammed, Laborer, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Traumatic Amputation

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1449287.015	55	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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