Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14528715 - POWER SHEARS; AMPUTATION OF THREE FINGER TIPS

Accident Summary Nr: 14528715 -- Report ID: 0111700 -- Event Date: 10/11/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1824002	11/14/1984	3469	0	Johnson & Johnson Associates Inc

Abstract: ON 10/11/84, EMPLOYEE #1'S FOREMAN WAS SHOWING HIM HOW TO OPERATE A TENNSMITH POWERED, FOOT-SWITCH-OPERATED METAL SHEAR WHICH HAD ITS POINT OF OPERATION GUARD REMOVED FOR QUALLTY CONTROL REASONS. EMPLOYEE #1 PLACED HIS LEFT HAND ON THE TABLE WITH FINGER TIPS OVER THE SHEAR LINE AND LEANED TO HIS RIGHT WHILE ACCIDENTALLY STEPPING ON THE PROPERLY GUARDED FOOT SWITCH ON THE FLOOR TO HIS RIGHT. THE SHEAR CYCLED AND AMPUTATED THREE FINGER TIPS. THE FINGER TIPS WHERE SURGICALLY REATTACHED.

Keywords: SHEARING MACHINE, AMPUTATED, FINGER, GUARD, FOOT CONTROL, POINT OF OPERATION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1824002			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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