Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 100434.015 - Employee amputates finger on conveyor drive belt

Accident Summary Nr: 100434.015 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 10/26/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1274974.015	10/31/2017		493110	Dollar Tree Distribution Center #2

Abstract: At 1:30 a.m. on October 26, 2017, an employee was working for a firm engaged in general warehousing and storage. He was troubleshooting the drive system of a conveyor belt. He had a removed a guard and he was pulling the conveyor belt's drive system V-belt with his hands, when his supervisor energized the conveyor. The middle finger on his right hand was caught between the V-belt and a pulley. The employee sustained the amputation of the end of that finger below the nail. The narrative did not say whether or not he was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Belt, Belt Conveyor, Caught Between, Finger, Guard, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Maintenance, Pulley, Warehouse

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1274974.015	36	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Industrial machinery repairers

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