Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 109175.015 - Employee catches hand between motor belt and pulley, fractur

Accident Summary Nr: 109175.015 -- Report ID: 0523900 -- Event Date: 09/05/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1346596.015	09/14/2018		321113	Biewer-Wisconsin Sawmill, Inc.

Abstract: At 9:15 a.m. on September 5, 2018, an employee was reinstalling a drive motor belt for the number 2 pressure roller on an edger that had fallen off of its drive sprockets. The employee was rolling the drive motor belt onto the drive sprocket when the pulley unexpectedly moved and pulled his hand in between the belt and sprocket. The employee sustained a fractured thumb, lacerated his palm and the back of his hand, and abrasions on his index, middle finger, and ring finger. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Abrasion, Belt, Caught Between, Finger, Fracture, Installing, Laceration, Nip Point, Sprocket, Thumb

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1346596.015	22	M	Hospitalized injury		Industrial machinery repairers

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