Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202586665 - Employee Injured from Hydraulic Shear

Accident Summary Nr: 202586665 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 02/26/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312363146	03/07/2011	5093	423930	Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc.

Abstract: At approximatelt 9:20 a.m. on February 26, 2011 Employee #1 had been temporarily assigned to assist with housekeeping. Employee #1 was assinged to another coworker in cutting radiators with an hydraulic shear. Employee #1 had not been trained on using this shear, but stated that he had used the smaller shear in the department. While using the alligator shear, Employee #1 had the machine on automatic and was manipulating the radiator to cut, when his left ring finger was lacerated by the shear. Employee #1 suffered a partial amputation to the tip of the left ring finger with no bone loss.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, SHEAR, FINGER, LACERATION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	312363146			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Truck drivers, light

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