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Accident: 202458741 - Employee Amputates Thumb And Finger On Cutting Machine
Accident: 202458741 -- Report ID: 0950647 -- Event Date: 11/12/2013 | |||||||
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 316980770 | 12/11/2013 | 0723 | Grimmway Enterprises, Inc. | ||||
| At approximately 5:00 p.m. on November 12, 2013, Employee #1, a mechanic with Grimmway Enterprises, Inc., was repairing the bean cutter machine (Urschel: Model Number: 30) in the maintenance shop located in building I-1. Employee #1 and his immediate supervisor installed a drive motor on the bean cutter, which replaced the hydraulic system previously on the machine. A coworker installed an electrical cable and plug on the same piece of machinery's drive motor. The coworker then connected the machine to a portable test station. The coworker attempted to turn the machine on, using the on/off switch on the test station. The coworker determined the switch was not functioning. The coworker opened the panel door to the test station and performed a manual start of the station to power the machine. Employee #1 and the supervisor then visually verified that the unit was turning in the proper direction. The coworker then manually turned the unit off. Employee #1 then positioned himself in front of the machine to install a new blade (Number: ten). The coworker then opened the panel and began to trouble shoot the test station. The test station turned on and activated the cutting machine. Employee #1 was unscrewing a screw under the inside bottom of the outer bowl of the machine, as it was activated. The outer bowl and inter bowl created a pinch point, where Employee #1 had placed his left hand. Two of Employee #1's fingers were pinched and then amputated, at the distal phalanx of the thumb and at the middle phalanx of the left index finger. Employee #1 was hospitalized. The investigation concluded that the accident was caused as a result of failure to take positive means, such as disconnecting the machine from its source of power, or other action which would have effectively prevented the machine from inadvertent movement. | |||||||
Keywords:
maintenance, amputated, repair, finger, farm machinery, mechanic, thumb, nip point, automatic restart, machine--misc
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| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
| 1 | 316980770 | Hospitalized injury | Amputation | Specified mechanics and repairers | |||