OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #692293
H. C. YOUNG PRESS, INC.
NORFOLK, VA·
Event description
EMPLOYEE'S HAND AMPUTATED BY SHEAR MACHINE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE # 1 WAS OPERATING THE CHALLANGER MACHINERY CO. SHEAR, SERIAL NO. 28565. HE STATED THAT HE HIT THE TWO HAND CONTROLS AND THE MACHINE FAILED TO ACTIVATE. HE HIT THE CONTROLS AGAIN, TOOK HIS RIGHT HAND OFF THE CONTROL AND PLACED IT IN TO THE POINT OF OPERATION. THE MACHINE ACTIVATED, AMPUTATING HIS RIGHT HAND JUST ABOVE THE WRIST. EMPLOYEE #1 WOULD NOT ELABORATE FURTHER. HE SAID WE WOULD HAVE TO TALK TO HIS LAWYER FOR ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. A WITNESS SAID EMPLOYEE HIT THE CONTROLS AND NOTHING HAPPENED THE FIRST TIME. HE HIT THE CONTROLS AGAIN, THE N STUCK HIS HAND INTO THE POINT OF OPERATION. THE WITNESS SAID HE DID NOT KNOW W HY EMPLOYEE #1 STUCK HIS HAND INTO THE POINT OF OPERATION.
Victim
-
#1 Hospitalized Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
Codes shown verbatim from OSHA's accident-investigation database. A human-readable decoder is coming in a future release once the accident_lookup2 dictionary is loaded.