Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201951654 - Employee Suffers Amputation While Using Alligator Shear

Accident Summary Nr: 201951654 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 09/13/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
103228359	10/15/1999	5093	0	First Street Recycling, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, a temporary employee at a scrap aluminum-recycling center, was operating an unguarded alligator shear. The shear ran at approximately 32 strokes per minute once it was turned on. Employee #1 slipped on a piece of aluminum and fell into the running shear, amputating a finger. Employee #1 was treated but not hospitalized.

Keywords: SHEARING MACHINE, AMPUTATED, SHEAR, FINGER, SLIP, FALL, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	103228359			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Slicing and cutting machine operators

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