Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170729347 - Employee's finger caught in unguarded rotary fan

Accident Summary Nr: 170729347 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 02/17/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119857183	02/25/1993	3728	0	Loral Electro Optical Co.

Abstract: At about 11:30 a.m. on February 17, 1993, Employee #1 of Loral Optical Systems was doing some testing on a transmodulator machine located inside the 5 DS test station, room #E 318. He put his left hand behind the machine to check if the fan was sucking air and accidentally hit the fan, which was unguarded.. He suffered the amputation of the 1st phalanx of the left small finger and was taken to Saint Luke's Hospital in Pasadena, CA, where he was held for a couple of hours and released to recuperate at home. A safety violation was cited because the fan was unguarded.

Keywords: ROTATING PARTS, AMPUTATED, FAN, FAN BLADE, FINGER, TEST EQUIPMENT, UNGUARDED, BLIND REACHING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119857183			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Electrical and electronic engineers

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