Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202316188 - Employee Amputates Finger in Machine During Maintenance

Accident Summary Nr: 202316188 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 07/10/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309896371	07/14/2006	3674	334413	Seagate Technology

Abstract: On July 10, 2006, Employee #1, a maintenance technician, was instructed to check an oil leak on a DTI auto packing machine. The employee opened the lower door of the machine without turning its power off. He found that the oil leak originated from a blown out shaft seal. As he was wiping the lower base plate with his left hand in a blind reach position, his thumb was sheared by a displacing vertical shaft. He was treated at Stanford Hospital in Palo Alto, CA, and was released the same day.

Keywords: MAINTENANCE, AMPUTATED, CAUGHT BY, THUMB, LOCKOUT, POINT OF OPERATION, SHAFT, BLIND REACHING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	309896371			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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