Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170625149 - Employee's finger amputated when valve piston retracts

Accident Summary Nr: 170625149 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 10/09/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125652370	12/08/1998	7349	0	Stainless Sanitary Maintenance

Abstract: Employee #1 was reassembling a 2 in. long stainless steel three-way valve. To complete the task, air pressure had to be applied to collapse the piston before attaching the other half of the body to the valve assembly. Employee #1 put his right index finger in the piston cylinder to hold the valve body and was applying air pressure when the piston retracted, amputating the tip.

Keywords: AIR PRESSURE, AMPUTATED, FINGER, WORK RULES, PISTON, CAUGHT BETWEEN, VALVE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125652370			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Welders and cutters

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