Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 127941.015 - Employee breaks wrist using saw when struck by falling plate

Accident Summary Nr: 127941.015 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 07/07/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1484543.015	07/22/2020		423510	Coast Aluminum, Inc.

Abstract: At 1:00 p.m. on July 7, 2020, an employee was training a coworker on a 12 foot B & O saw. The employee told the coworker to stop the saw and was explaining what could happen if he continued feeding the material. As the employee instructed the coworker to set the back gauge in reverse so that it wouldn't push the aluminum plate off the saw he tried to send the back gauge back but it came forward instead and the plate started to fall. The employee tried to hold the plate on the saw but lost his grip and it fell to the ground and landed on his hands. As a result, the employee fractured his right wrist requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Aluminum Processing, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Cutting, Falling Object, Flying Object, Fracture, Hand, Injury Illness Prevention Program, Machine operator, Metal Sheet, Saw, Struck By, Training, Wrist

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1484543.015	32	M	Hospitalized injury		Operations & systems researchers and analysts

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