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Accident Summary Nr: 692293 - EMPLOYEE'S HAND AMPUTATED BY SHEAR MACHINE

Accident Summary Nr: 692293 -- Report ID: 0355112 -- Event Date: 08/22/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
17384405	08/22/1986	2759	0	H. C. Young Press, Inc.

Abstract: EMPLOYEE # 1 WAS OPERATING THE CHALLANGER MACHINERY CO. SHEAR, SERIAL NO. 28565. HE STATED THAT HE HIT THE TWO HAND CONTROLS AND THE MACHINE FAILED TO ACTIVATE. HE HIT THE CONTROLS AGAIN, TOOK HIS RIGHT HAND OFF THE CONTROL AND PLACED IT INTO THE POINT OF OPERATION. THE MACHINE ACTIVATED, AMPUTATING HIS RIGHT HAND JUST ABOVE THE WRIST. EMPLOYEE #1 WOULD NOT ELABORATE FURTHER. HE SAID WE WOULD HAVE TO TALK TO HIS LAWYER FOR ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. A WITNESS SAID EMPLOYEE HIT THE CONTROLS AND NOTHING HAPPENED THE FIRST TIME. HE HIT THE CONTROLS AGAIN, THEN STUCK HIS HAND INTO THE POINT OF OPERATION. THE WITNESS SAID HE DID NOT KNOW WHY EMPLOYEE #1 STUCK HIS HAND INTO THE POINT OF OPERATION.

Keywords: SHEARING MACHINE, AMPUTATED, WORK RULES, TWO-HAND CONTROL, POINT OF OPERATION, HAND

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	17384405			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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