Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 100022.015 - Employee catches hand on conveyor shaft and amputates thumb

Accident Summary Nr: 100022.015 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 06/05/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1238132.015	06/07/2017		444130	W. W. Grainger, Inc. Dba Grainger, Inc.

Abstract: At 1:30 p.m. on June 5, 2017, an employee was working on a Dematic Model # 1265 conveyor system, serial # 328226, tracking down a noise coming out of a shaft. The employee touched the rotating shaft with his gloved hand and it pulled his hand into the belt. The employee pulled his hand back but not before degloving his hand and amputating the tip of his right thumb. The employee was transported to Kaiser Permanente Hospital where he was hospitalized and surgery was performed on his thumb.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Conveyor, Shaft, Thumb

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1238132.015	44	M	Hospitalized injury

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