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Accident Summary Nr: 92328.015 - Employee tries to stop fan blades with hand, fractures finge

Accident Summary Nr: 92328.015 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 01/04/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1201274.015	01/09/2017		721110	Davidson Hotel & Resorts

Abstract: At approximately 8:21 a.m. on January 4, 2017, Employee #1 was working with Coworker #1 and Coworker #2. Coworker #2, chief engineer, briefed both Employee #1 and Coworker #1 that they needed to replace a roof top fan belt. Employee #1 was told to observe Coworker #1. Coworker #2 turned off the fan, however; this did not shut the fan off automatically. Employee #1 and Coworker #1 went to the roof and removed the cover on the fan motor but the fan was still spinning. Employee #1 wearing gloves tried to stop the fan blades and his right middle finger was caught in the spinning blades. Employee #1 was hospitalized with fractured finger.

Keywords: Fan Blade, Finger, Fracture, Glove, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Rotating Parts, Struck By

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1201274.015	31	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Engineering technicians, n.e.c.

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