Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201942406 - Employee's Fingers Are Amputated in Rebar Spiral Bending Mac

Accident Summary Nr: 201942406 -- Report ID: 0951510 -- Event Date: 12/19/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310387196	12/26/2006	1791	238120	Aloha Steel Corp

Abstract: Employee #1, a fabrication ironworker, was operating a rebar spiral bending machine. He noticed that a rebar was not forming to the desired shape and grabbed it while it was still moving in the machine. Employee #1's glove became caught between the rebar and the rollers and his right hand was pulled into the nip point. He sustained crushing amputation injuries to two fingers, for which he was hospitalized. Employee #1 was operating the machine by himself and he failed to de-energize the unit and wait the machine's parts and the rebar to stop moving before touching it. The spiral bending machine also did not have any form of guarding around its roller section. The employer did not have available the machine's operating manual or any procedures for its proper and safe operation.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, GLOVE, IRON WORKER, ROLLER--MACH/PART, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, NIP POINT, HAND, UNGUARDED

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		Other		Under $50,000	1	25

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310387196			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Machine operators, not specified	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Emplacing reinforcing steel Fatality Cause: Caught in stationary equipment

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