Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 125959759 - Employee's thumb amputated between sanding disc and table

Accident Summary Nr: 125959759 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 12/03/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125959759	12/21/1996	7812	0	Paramount Pictures

Abstract: At approximately 10:00 a.m. on December 4, 1995, Employee #1, a rigging grip, was using a vertical sanding disc to de-burr a steel plate that he was going to use as a bracket. The large, commercial model sanding disc had a 12 to 14 in. wheel with an abrasive disc mounted on it. When Employee #1 attempted to remove the burrs from the edge of the 6 in. by 6 in. by 1/4 in. steel plate, the plate became caught and tipped upward. His left thumb was pulled between the disc and the work rest table, and was amputated. Employee #1 stated that he was wearing leather gloves at the time and that there was approximately 1 in. of space between the grinding disc and the edge of the table.

Keywords: STEEL PLATE, SANDING MACHINE, AMPUTATED, WORK RULES, THUMB, CAUGHT BETWEEN, WORK SURFACE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125959759			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Helpers, mechanics and repairers

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