Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201068467 - Employee's Forearm Is Fractured by Rotating Fan Blade

Accident Summary Nr: 201068467 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 10/09/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307029538	12/23/2004	4911	221113	Southern California Edison

Abstract: A machinist for an electric utility was working during a power outage at an electric power generating station. He and his supervisor were in a shop balancing a fan blade. The 965-millimeter, 120-kilogram metal fan blade was a part of an isolated-phase cooling system. The employees were balancing the fan blade on an IRD Balancing Machine (Model No. B50-5V). With the blade rotating at 150 revolutions per minute, the machinist walked around the rotating fan blade to turn off the balancing machine so that the workers could adjust the axial restraint. As the machinist walked by the rotating blade, the blade struck his left forearm, fracturing it. The machinist was hospitalized for his injuries. The fan blade had been rotating without any guarding or shroud.

Keywords: FRACTURE, ROTATING PARTS, FAN BLADE, GUARD, MACHINIST, FOREARM, STRUCK BY, ARM

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	307029538			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Machinists

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