OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #691717
FRACTURE,AMPUTATED,FAN,FINGER,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION
Event description
Employee injures fingers when caught by fan
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was using a shot blasting machine to work on the floors at a D-Mart in Salt Lake City, Utah. He turned off the machine, lifted the guard panel with his left hand, and inserted his right hand into the guarded opening. Employee #1 's fingers contacted the revolving fan; several fingers were broken and his inde x finger was amputated. Although Employee #1 was properly trained, he did the op posite of what he had been instructed.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 21
- Occupation code
- 553
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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