Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 139258.015 - Employee amputates fingertip while troubleshooting outboard

Accident Summary Nr: 139258.015 -- Report ID: 0936300 -- Event Date: 09/07/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1552362.015	09/09/2021		928110	Department Of The Navy

Abstract: At 1:00 p.m. on September 7, 2021, an employee working as a marine engineer for the U.S. Navy was diagnosing a mechanical failure of a Yamaha 150-hp Four Stroke Outboard Motor. While the employee was working on the motor, a coworker started the motor. The employee caught his right hand in the flywheel. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputated index fingertip.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Boat, Catch Point, Caught In, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Engineer, Engineering Controls, Finger, Fingertip, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Malfunction, Mech Malfunction, Mechanical, Motor, Partial Amputation, Safety Device, Traumatic Amputation, Troubleshooting

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1552362.015	22	M	Hospitalized injury		Marine engineers

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