Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201484045 - Employee Loses Fingers When Placing Hand In Clamshell

Accident Summary Nr: 201484045 -- Report ID: 0950627 -- Event Date: 02/23/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301120341	03/08/2001	1799	0	Flowserve Corporation

Abstract: Employee #1 lost the fingers on his left hand when he mistakenly put his hand in the hole of the face of the clamshell. Employee #1 was operating a D.L. Ricci Nb Clamshell machine to cut out a diaphragm out of a heat exchanger. The Model Number was 60. He was adjusting the manual feed located at the center of the face of the clamshell. He was distracted by a noise and looked away from the clamshell briefly. He then attempted to put his left hand back on the manual feed adjustment handle but mistakenly put his hand in the hole of the face of the clamshell. The face of the clamshell rotates and his fingers were cut off when the rotating face of the clamshell passed by stationary bolt studs on the heat exchanger. Employee #1 went to a local hospital for treatment.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, MACHINIST

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Refinery		Maintenance or repair		$50,000 to $250,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	301120341			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Machine operators, not specified	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause: Caught in stationary equipment

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