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Accident: 102949.015 - Employee Is Holding A Metal Shear When It Is Activated And A

Accident: 102949.015 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 08/17/2017
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
1257679.01508/23/2017Pick-N-Pull Auto Dismantlers, Llc

At 5:15 a.m. on August 17, 2017, an employee was carrying a hand-held powered me tal sheer to a vehicle stand to remove the catalytic converter. The employee am putated several fingers when the steel blade of the sheer was pushed by the hydr aulic cylinder that was activated while the employee was holding to the tool. T he employee was hospitalized. The report did not specify which hand or fingers were amputated.

Keywords: amputated, amputation, automotive repair, blade, finger, struck by

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 1257679.015 45 M Hospitalized injury Miscellaneous hand working occupations

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