Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 104590.015 - Employee fractures fingers in ripsaw's chain and sprocket

Accident Summary Nr: 104590.015 -- Report ID: 0627100 -- Event Date: 03/20/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1307756.015	04/11/2018		321918	Magnolia Flooring Mill, Llc

Abstract: At 6:10 p.m. on March 20, 2018, an employee was replacing a chain on a sprocket inside a ripsaw. The employee was holding tension on the chain with his bare hand and told his coworker to lower the saw arbor. The employee pinched his hand between the chain and sprocket, pinching two of his right hand's fingers and fracturing another. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Caught By, Chain, Fracture, Guard, Laceration, Saw, Sprocket

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1307756.015	31	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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