Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201510401 - Worker Suffers Finger Amputation When Struck by Steel Plate

Accident Summary Nr: 201510401 -- Report ID: 0950651 -- Event Date: 10/30/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309989762	10/31/2006	1429	212319	Vezers Precision Industrial Constructors

Abstract: On October 30, 2006, a maintenance supervisor was repositioning a one-inch thick steel plate, so that sparks and slag would not ignite the dry grass near the work location. When he repositioned the steel plate, it slid off the wooden blocks underneath it. The plate was elevated so that an oxygen and acetylene torch could make the desired cuts. When the plate shifted, the employee's finger was pinched between a rock and the plate (estimated to weigh 480 pounds), and severed his finger just past the fingernail on the pinky of his right hand.

Keywords: SEVERED, STEEL PLATE, MAINTENANCE, AMPUTATED, FINGER, MECHANIC, CAUGHT BETWEEN, UNSTABLE SURFACE, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	309989762			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Supervisors, mechanics and repairers

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