Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170066484 - Employee's hand injured when caught in rotating fan blades

Accident Summary Nr: 170066484 -- Report ID: 0352410 -- Event Date: 09/15/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119580462	09/15/1995	9311	0	Queen Anne'S County Department Of Public Works

Abstract: Employee #1 was a public works supervisor overseeing equipment maintenance and repair. A 75 kilowatt generator was having running problems and the fuel injection pump had been replaced. The unit was still running rough and the maintenance man called Employee #1, his supervisor, to inform him of the problem. When he arrived, Employee #1 started to bleed the fuel lines and his open-end wrench slipped from the flange nut. His right hand struck the unguarded rotating fan blades and was severely lacerated on the palm; two fingers were amputated. The fan blade guard had been removed for work on the injector pump.

Keywords: MAINTENANCE, AMPUTATED, FAN BLADE, FINGER, WORK RULES, SLIP, LOCKOUT, LACERATION, HAND, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119580462			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Supervisors, mechanics and repairers

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