Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 107669.015 - Employee amputates fingertip when caught between chain and s

Accident Summary Nr: 107669.015 -- Report ID: 0524700 -- Event Date: 07/19/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1332967.015	07/25/2018		339993	Nelson Stud Welding, Inc.

Abstract: At 3:00 p.m. on July 7, 2018. An employee was working with two coworkers to remove a chain from a Cold Forming Press Formax 75ML sprocket. The employee was holding the top of the sprocket while inching the rest of the chain through one link at a time and amputated the tip of his right hand's middle finger when he caught a link on the sprocket wheel. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Chain, Finger, Sprocket

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1332967.015	51	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Engineering technicians, n.e.c.

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