Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201509049 - Employee Injures Hand While Troubleshooting Malfunction

Accident Summary Nr: 201509049 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 12/09/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312354806	12/12/2008	3711	336211	Nummi

Abstract: On December 9, 2008, Employee #1 and a coworker were trouble-shooting a LH tire assist that had a pneumatic cylinder malfunction. As Employee #1 instructed the coworker to disconnect the air supply to the pneumatic cylinder, while it was in the raised position, to check for cylinder internal leakages, he inadvertently placed his left hand either on the foundation plate of the unit or the base of the linear bearing assembly. When the air was turned on, the lifter came down and the cradle plate crushed his left hand. Employee #1 was taken to Washington Hospital in Fremont, where he was hospitalized and treated for a partial fracture to his left hand.

Keywords: FRACTURE, REPAIR, CYLINDER, PINNED, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, HAND

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	312354806			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Engineering technicians, n.e.c.

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