Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201152550 - Employee Suffers Amputation

Accident Summary Nr: 201152550 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 06/02/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125899633	10/05/1999	3564	0	Williams Furnace Company

Abstract: On June 2, 1999, Employee #1 was trying to remove a piece of scrap metal from an Iowa Precision Industries Shear (Serial Number G8010). The shear had been in operation at the facility for 30 years. It had no guard to prevent the operator's hand from inadvertently reaching into the point of operation, or stop the machine if the operator's hand or hands are inadvertently placed in the danger zone of the point of operation. Employee #1 sustained an amputation to the first joint of the right index finger. Employee #1 was treated and released from the hospital the same day.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, SHEAR, FINGER, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125899633			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Machine operators, not specified

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