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Accident Summary Nr: 107699.015 - Employee fractures hand and lacerates finger while adjusting

Accident Summary Nr: 107699.015 -- Report ID: 0111400 -- Event Date: 07/12/2018
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
1333206.01507/13/2018811310Continental Biomass Industries, Inc.

Abstract: At 6:00 p.m. on July 12, 2018, an employee was adjusting the belt tension on a Terex TBC430 Drum Chipper with a coworker. When they finished adjusting one of the pulleys, the coworker restarted the chipper while the employee was checking the belt's tightness. The employee's hand was caught by the belt and pulled into the pulley, fracturing several bones and severely lacerated his thumb. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Belt, Caught By, Chipper, Crushed, Fracture, Hand, Laceration, Pulley, Thumb

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 1333206.015 55 M Hospitalized injury Sales representatives, mining, mfg., & wholesale

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