Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1546951.015 - Coulter Ventures, Llc

Inspection Information - Office: Columbus Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1546951.015

Report ID: 0522500

Date Opened: 08/11/2021

Site Address:
Coulter Ventures, Llc
545 East 5th Avenue
Columbus, OH 43201

Mailing Address:
545 East 5th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43201

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 339920/Sporting and Athletic Goods Manufacturing

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 08/11/2021

Emphasis: P:Amputate, N:Amputate

Case Closed: 09/24/2021

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1795022	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 138015.015

Event: 08/06/2021

Employee amputates fingertip when caught in machine nip poin

At 4:45 a.m. on August 6, 2021, an employee working as a machine operator for a sporting and athletic goods manufacturer was rotating a chain by hand. As he rotated the chain, his left hand approached the sprocket and was pinched in the chain/socket assembly. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputated ring fingertip.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Chain, Distracted, Finger, Fingertip, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Manufacturing, Nip Point, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Production Line, Sprocket, Traumatic Amputation, Unsafe Position

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1546951.015	40	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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