OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #968594
TRANSPORTATION STATE OF NEVADA
LAS VEGAS, NV·
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 Male
- Nature of injury
- Amputation (1)
- Part of body
- LOWER ARM (17)
- Accident type
- CAUGHT IN OR BETWEEN (2)
- Source of injury
- HOISTING APPARATUS (24)
- Occupation
- Artists, performers and related workers n.e.c. (194)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- SHEAR POINT ACTION (3)
- Task assigned
- Task not regularly assigned (2)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.