Accident Report Detail
Accident: 170106207 - Two Employees Struck By Flying Steel Parts From Press
Accident: 170106207 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 04/23/1993 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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124049560 | 05/05/1993 | 3544 | N D Tech | ||||
At approximately 11:30 a.m. on April 23, 1993, Employee #1 was hand loading aluminum billets into a press while it was operating. Safety guards for the press had been dismantled. A punch broke and sent fragments of steel toward Employees #1 and #2. A piece that was larger than a bullet punctured and almost went through the left side of Employee #1's neck and one punctured his chest. The piece in his neck was removed by a physician while the other piece was determined to be harmless and left to remain. Employee #2 was punctured by two pieces of flying steel in his neck and chest, which were determined not to be harmful and not removed. | |||||||
Keywords:
chest, steel, work rules, equipment failure, neck, struck by, flying object, punch press, unguarded, puncture
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 124049560 | Non Hospitalized injury | Puncture | Punching and stamping press machine operators | |||
2 | 124049560 | Non Hospitalized injury | Puncture | Punching and stamping press machine operators |