Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 97077.015 - Employee amputates finger while changing out a shear pin

Accident Summary Nr: 97077.015 -- Report ID: 0522500 -- Event Date: 07/05/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1246450.015	07/12/2017		331210	Picoma Industries Inc.

Abstract: At 9:30 a.m. on July 5, 2017, an employee was changing out a shear pin on a Landis Facer Machine. The employee removed the fixed barrier guard from the cam drum and hammered the shear pin from the machine. The employee inserted the new shear pin while his left hand was resting on top of the cam drum and the machine began to operate. The employee's fingers was trapped between the rotating cam drum and the spindle advance mechanism. The employee had his left middle finger amputated as a result and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Drum, Finger, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Shaft

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1246450.015	43	M	Non Hospitalized injury

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