Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202543336 - Employee's Fingers Are Amputated When Caught in Machine

Accident Summary Nr: 202543336 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 11/11/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314859604	11/21/2011	3675	334414	Teledyne Reynolds Inc

Abstract: At 10:10 a.m. on November 11, 2011, Employee #1, a machine operator for Teledyne Reynolds, Incorporated, tried to pull a pellet (product) out of the mold preform machine with his hand, instead of with an extension tool. He suffered multiple finger amputations of the right hand. Employee #1 was transported to UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica, where he was hospitalized and underwent surgery. The machine appeared to have been in the automatic mode. Cal/OSHA determined that the incident was caused by the employer failing to ensure that this machine was properly guarded and for failing to ensure that an extension tool was used for this task. Lockout/Tagout procedures had not been developed for this machine nor had affected employees been trained.

Keywords: FINGER, WORK RULES, LOCKOUT, INEXPERIENCE, UNTRAINED, HAND, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	314859604			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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