Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 114657.015 - Employee amputates two fingertips while straightening crooke

Accident Summary Nr: 114657.015 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 03/14/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1386638.015	03/22/2019		321920	Palletone Of Florida, Inc.

Abstract: At 8:35 p.m. on March 14, 2019, an employee leaned over a chain conveyor and into a pallet stacking machine to pull out a pallet which had a crooked stringer. The employee's left arm hung below him in the area of the chain and sprocket as he leaned over and into the pallet stacking machine framework. The employee's fingertips were caught in the unguarded sprockets on the right side of the conveyor adjacent to the pallet stacker and he amputated his fingertips from his ring finger and pinky. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught By, Chain, Finger, Fingertip, Pallet, Sprocket, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1386638.015	22	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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