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Accident Summary Nr: 170699698 - EMPLOYEE 'S FINGERTIPS CRUSHED BY STEEL PLATE HOLD-DOWN

Accident Summary Nr: 170699698 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 05/15/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119968584	05/20/1993	3398	0	Oregon Steel Mills

Abstract: AT APPROXIMATELY 12:10 A.M. ON MAY 15,1993, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED WHEN HE AND A CO-WORKER ATTEMPTED TO SPEED PRODUCTION BY OPERATING THE TEST SHEAR TOGETHER. EMPLOYEE #1 HELD THE STEEL PLATE IN PLACE AND THE CO-WORKER HIT THE PALM BUTTONS, ACTUATING THE SHEAR. DUE TO THE NOISE IN THE MILL, COMMUNICATION WAS INADEQUATE AND THE CO-WORKER ACTUATED THE SHEAR WHEN EMPLOYEE #1'S FINGERTIPS WERE UNDER A HOLD-DOWN. AS A RESULT OF THE INJURY, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS HOSPITALIZED, SURGERY WAS PERFORMED, AND HE WAS RELEASED.

Keywords: SHEAR, FINGER, WORK RULES, TWO-HAND CONTROL, CRUSHED, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119968584			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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