Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201032299 - Employee's ring finger amputated in grinder

Accident Summary Nr: 201032299 -- Report ID: 0950635 -- Event Date: 09/08/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120301718	09/24/1999	3965	0	Alcoa, Dba, Huck Fasteners

Abstract: At approximately 1:00 a.m. on September 8, 1999, Employee #1 was in the machine shop using a Cincinnati centerless grinder, model 40-859, serial #2M2H1HV-103, to produce Hilit size 6 screws. Employee #1's swing shift ended at 1:15 a.m., and she was starting to clean up and shut down. She was extending her right hand toward the feed wheel to pick up miscellaneous scattered screws when her ring finger became caught in the moving feed wheel slot. The top two joints were amputated by a steel wire mesh deflector that had been jury-rigged by a coworker. Employee #1 was taken to Harbor UCLA Hospital for treatment. The machine had not been stopped and the power source deenergized before cleaning was begun.

Keywords: GRINDER, AMPUTATED, FINGER, MACHINIST, METAL SHOP, WORK RULES, CLEANING, CAUGHT BY, LOCKOUT, GRINDING MACHINE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120301718			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Machinists

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