Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 673996 - FINGERTIP AMPUTATED BY PNEUMATIC STAPLER

Accident Summary Nr: 673996 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 09/04/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101939700	09/04/1986	2011	0	George A. Hormel & Company

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ASSIGNED THE TASK OF REPAIRING A PNEUMATIC CLIPPER/STAPLER, WHICH WAS JAMMING UP. THE EMPLOYEE REMOVED THE STAPLER FROM ITS ATTACHMENT TO THE ROTARY TABLE AND RAISED IT, USING A MANUAL HOIST. HE THEN ATTACHED THE STAPLER TO AN AUXILEARY AIR LINE (80 PSI), SO HE COULD OBSERVE THE STAPLER'S OPERATION. THE EMPLOYEE STOOD WHERE HE COULD SEE THE OPERATION AND REACHED AROUND THE HANGING STAPLER, BLINDLY FEELING FOR THE MICROSWITCH. A SMALL PLATE (3 INCH BY 6 INCH) HAD BEEN REMOVED TO GIVE ACCESS TO THE PLUNGER SO THAT THE STAPLER COULD BE UNJAMMED. WHEN THE EMPLOYEE TRIPPED THE SWITCH, HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER WAS CAUGHT BY THE CLOSING PNEUMATIC CYLINDER. HIS FINGERTIP WAS AMPUTATED.

Keywords: STAPLING MACHINE, MAINTENANCE, AMPUTATED, FINGER, UNGUARDED, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101939700			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Industrial machinery repairers

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