OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1001619
CHANENS SCRAP & STEEL
BURLINGTON, IA·
Event description
Employee's fingertips amputated in shearing machine
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was measuring a piece of metal on the bed of an Aligator shear and w ound the end of the metal into the shear area. The shearing action started and f lipped the piece of metal up toward the head of the machine, catching two of his fingertips between the piece of metal and the head of the shear and amputating them. Employee #1 was hospitalized.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 715
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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