Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 116969.015 - Employee amputates fingertip when caught between belt and pu

Accident Summary Nr: 116969.015 -- Report ID: 0352460 -- Event Date: 04/19/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1399455.015	05/08/2019		325611	O3 Technologies, Llc

Abstract: At 5:00 a.m. on April 19, 2019, an employee was attempting to diagnose the reason that a belt was not moving along a pulley as it should. The employee put his right middle finger between the belt and pulley when the belt began to quickly advance. The employee amputated his fingertip and required hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Belt, Caught Between, Finger, Fingertip, Laceration, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine operator, Malfunction, Mech Malfunction, Partial Amputation, Pinched, Pulley

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1399455.015	56	M	Hospitalized injury		Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators

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