Accident Report Detail

Accident: 100747.015 - Worker'S Finger Is Caught In Steel Gate, Fingertip Amputated

**Accident: 100747.015 -- Report ID: 0950411 -- Event Date: 07/12/2017**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1255105.015	07/28/2017		Milling Machinery, Inc.

At 2:30 p.m. on July 12, 2017, Employee #1, employed by a company engaged in mil ling and other construction activity, was working at a grain elevator. He was r einstalling a section of the grain elevator shaft that housed a steel gate. The section had been removed to install a bucket belt. As Employee #1 worked, the gate slid closed and caught a finger of his right hand. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and t reated for the amputation of his fingertip.

Keywords: amputation, caught in, construction, finger, grain elevator, installing, shaft

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	1255105.015	59	M	Hospitalized injury		Milling and planing machine operators

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