Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 116489.015 - Employee fractures hands due to stored pneumatic energy

Accident Summary Nr: 116489.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 12/08/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1399911.015	05/23/2019		336211	Tower Automotive

Abstract: At 6:00 p.m. on December 8, 2018, an employee and a coworker (his supervisor) were searching for a leak in an air cylinder on an OP 360 R machine. The employee located the leak coming from a loose seal. The employee attempted to tighten the seal by hand without bleeding the pneumatic pressure first. As the employee was tightening the seal, the stored pressure caused the tool to activate. The tool caught the employee's hands in the equipment causing crushing injuries to both hands. The employee incurred fractures in both hands, requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Air Pressure, Compressed Air, Crushing, Cylinder, Fracture, Hand, Hand Tool, Inspecting, Leak, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Pinched, Pneumatic, Pneumatic cylinder, Pneumatic tool , Seal

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1399911.015	61	M	Hospitalized injury		Machinery maintenance occupations

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