Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 1001619 - Employee's fingertips amputated in shearing machine

Accident Summary Nr: 1001619 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 09/17/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104266382	09/17/1987	5012	0	Chanens Scrap & Steel

Abstract: Employee #1 was measuring a piece of metal on the bed of an Aligator shear and wound the end of the metal into the shear area. The shearing action started and flipped the piece of metal up toward the head of the machine, catching two of his fingertips between the piece of metal and the head of the shear and amputating them. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, SHEAR, FINGER, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BETWEEN, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104266382			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Misc. metal,plastic,stone&glass-working mach. op's

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