Accident Report Detail

Accident: 114232.015 - Employee Amputates Leg In Conveyor

**Accident: 114232.015 -- Report ID: 0316400 -- Event Date: 02/28/2019**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1383432.015	03/06/2019		Allegheny Wood Products, Inc.

At 4:00 p.m. on February 28, 2019, an employee was installing a rubber chute gua rds on a conveyor belt. The employee did not shut down or lock out the belt whil e working. The employee's left leg got caught in the tail roller then became st uck under the rotating shaft next to the tail roller, resulting in an amputation just above the knee.

Keywords: amputated, amputation, caught in, conveyor belt, installing, leg, lockout, roller--mach/part

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	1383432.015	33	M	Hospitalized injury		Machinery maintenance occupations

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