Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 171057557 - Employee's Hand Injured While Drilling Shunt Hole

Accident Summary Nr: 171057557 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 04/03/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126800937	04/05/1999	3312	0	Geneva Steel

Abstract: Employee #1 was enlarging a hole in the end of a shunt when the drill bit became caught in the hole. Before he could let do, he was pulled around the drill chuck, fracturing his thumb in three places. The shunt then struck his left wrist, fracturing his left radial bone. Employee #1 was hospitalized and underwent surgery on his wrist

Keywords: FRACTURE, ROTATING PARTS, DRILLING MACHINE, CAUGHT BY, THUMB, STRUCK BY, WRIST

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126800937			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Misc. electrical & electronic equipment repairers

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