Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 124279.015 - Employee's wrist is cut by edge of stainless steel sheet

Accident Summary Nr: 124279.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 02/17/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1465246.015	02/25/2020		332312	Siouxland Fabricating Inc.

Abstract: At 3:30 p.m. on February 17, 2020, an employee was working for a firm that manufactured fabricated structural metal. He was a machine operator. He was sliding a piece of 14 gauge stainless steel off a work table so that he could carry it somewhere else. The piece of stainless steel was 4 ft by 5 ft (1.2 meters by 1.5 meters) in size. The employee fell into the burred edge of the piece of stainless steel, which cut into his wrist above his protective glove. The employee's wrist was sliced, and a tendon was severed. The employee was taken to the nearest hospital. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: Carry, Fall, Fall On Same Level, Glove, Hand, Laceration, Machine operator, Manual Mat Handling, Metal Sheet, Metal Shop, PPE, Protective Clothing, Severed, Steel, Struck Against, Tendon, Work Surface, Wrist

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1465246.015	35	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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