Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 102379.015 - Employee catches finger in conveyor belt's chain and sprocke

Accident Summary Nr: 102379.015 -- Report ID: 0352430 -- Event Date: 01/12/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1288946.015	01/16/2018		493110	Xpo Logistics Supply Chain, Inc.

Abstract: At 3:30 a.m. on January 12, 2018, an employee who was working on a different machine noticed a loose nut on some exposed moving sprockets and put his right hand's middle finger on it to push it back into place. A coworker had removed the cover from the conveyor belt system after he heard a noise within the belt and had gone to get some WD-40. When he pushed on the nut, the employee caught his finger in the sprockets and amputated it. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Chain, Conveyor Belt, Finger, Sprocket

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1288946.015	25	M	Hospitalized injury		Engineering technicians, n.e.c.

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