Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201632189 - Employee amputated his fingers with blades

Accident Summary Nr: 201632189 -- Report ID: 1054111 -- Event Date: 09/24/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304945439	10/17/2001	1761	0	Aluma Tech Pacific Inc

Abstract: At approximately 9:40 a.m. on September 24, 2001, Employee #1 of Aluma Tech Pacific Inc. was cutting a piece of aluminum in a shear. He pushed the metal into the shear and got both hands too close to the operating blade. Employee #1 amputated three fingers on one hand and two fingers on the other hand. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, CONSTRUCTION, LOCKOUT, BLADE, HAND

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Other		$500,000 to $1,000,000	1	10

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	304945439			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause: Other

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