OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14195861
LR WILLSON & SONS INC
ANNAPOLIS, MD—
Event description
LACERATION OF HAND FROM ENGINE RADIATOR COOLING FAN
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, THE SHOP FOREMAN, WAS ENGAGED IN TUNING UP A MILLER GASOLINE POWERE D ELECTRIC WELDER. HE HAD REMOVED THE FAN SHROUD TO MAKE ACCESS TO THE CARBURATO R LINKAGE ADJUSTMENTS MORE CONVENIENT. WHILE LOOSENING THE GOVERNOR ADJUSTMENT S CREW LOCK NUT, THE NUT BROKE LOOSE AND THE EMPLOYEE'S HAND INADVERTENTLY CONTACT ED THE RADIATOR COOLING FAN BLADES. HIS INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGERS, AND THE AREA B ETWEEN THEM, WAS CUT. HE HAD BEEN EMPLOYED AS SHOP FOREMAN FOR APPROXIMATELY SIX MONTHS AND HAD A TECHNICAL BACKGROUND.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 503
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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