Inspection Detail

Inspection: 1497387.015 - Wollaston Alloys, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Boston South Area Office

Investigation Summary

At 9:30 a.m. on October 9, 2020, an employee was working for a non-ferrous diecasting foundry. A gearbox assembly had recently been repaired. The employee bolting the gearbox assembly to the gearbox cabinet. He was lining up machined holes in the assembly's base plate to bolt it to the cabinet. As the gearbox assembly was being raised into position, it was not aligned properly. When the employee tried to correct the gearbox assembly's position, the gearbox assembly shifted and caught the employee's right hand between the upper interior of the cabinet and the gearbox assembly. The tips of the middle and ring fingers on the employee's right hand were amputated. The employee was treated without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Finger, Fingertip, Foundry, Gearbox, Hand, Installing, Instantaneous amputation, Lack of Work Procedures, Load Shift, Maintenance, Manual Mat Handling, Nip Point, Supervision, Traumatic Amputation, Unstable Load