Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170726780 - Employee's fingertip crushed in shearing machine

Accident Summary Nr: 170726780 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 03/10/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125647115	05/29/1997	5051	0	Pacific Award Metals, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 1:15 p.m. on March 10, 1997, Employee #1 was using a squaring shear, factory #46862, catalog #610, to cut 9 ft by 10 ft copper sheet metal into pieces approximately 11 1/2 in. by 10 ft. A coworker was assisting him because the sheet metal was too large for one person to cut alone. Employee #1's right hand was underneath a hold-down device when the tip of his third finger was crushed. The shearing machine was not equipped with a guard to prevent employees from placing their hands in the point of operation.

Keywords: SHEARING MACHINE, FINGER, WORK RULES, METAL SHEET, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125647115			Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Misc. metal & plastic processing machine operators

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