OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #692418
PEANUT CITY IRON & METAL
SUFFOLK, VA·
Event description
Employee's fingers amputated by shear
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 had been breaking metal with an Allis electric mechanical alligator shear, and was picking up debris on the ground around the shear and placing it i n a 50 gallon drum. The shear's flywheel was not equipped with a clutch or other device so that it could be operated in full or part revolution. The shear had b een shut off but the jaw continued to operate until it eventually stopped itself . While bending down to pick up a piece of debris from the ground, Employee #1 p laced his left hand on the shear. The fingers on his left hand were amputated an d he was hospitalized. Employee #1 had worked for the employer for a month and a round the shear approximately three weeks.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 43 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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