OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #968594
AMPUTATED,CAUGHT BETWEEN,ARM,ELEVATOR,MECH MALFUNCTION,INATTENTION
Event description
Student's arm amputated when caught in shear point
Investigation abstract
Eight students were removing tables and chairs from the stage level to the lower storage level; seven were riding on the stage lift below the stage. Student #1 was riding upward on the stage lift from the lower storage level when his lower arm and hand came between the shear point of the stage lift floor surface and th e lower (bottom) side of the concrete floor structure, approximately 3 1/2 feet from the southeast corner of the lift floor. The safety detection strip, located at the shear point, failed to function and stop the lift. Student #1 suffered t he amputation of his lower forearm and hand.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 17
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 194
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 2
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