Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 116836.015 - Employee amputates tip of left ring finger in conveyor

Accident Summary Nr: 116836.015 -- Report ID: 0521100 -- Event Date: 05/29/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1405702.015	06/05/2019		311615	Brakebush Brothers, Inc.

Abstract: At 3:40 a.m. on May 29, 2019, an employee was conducting a final inspection of a conveyor following a full sanitation cleaning. The employee was folding up a section of the conveyor and did not install the pins to lock the end section of the conveyor in the upright position. The end portion of the conveyor fell backwards toward the main section and pinched the employee's finger between the sections. The employee amputated his left ring finger tip requiring medical treatment but was not hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Cleaning, Conveyor, Cotter Pin, Falling Object, Finger, Inspecting, Material Handling, Pin, Pinched, Struck By

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1405702.015	28	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Production samplers and weighers

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