Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 121913.015 - Employee amputates thumb when caught between belt and pulley

Accident Summary Nr: 121913.015 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 10/31/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1446645.015	11/19/2019		322122	Sarasota Herald Tribune

Abstract: At 6:00 p.m. on October 31, 2019, an employee was diagnosing an issue with the newspaper stacker system. The employee's left thumb became caught in between a belt and a pulley. The employee sustained a partial amputation of the left thumb and was treated without hospitalization.

Keywords: Belt, Caught Between, Partial Amputation, Pulled In, Pulley, Repair, Thumb, Troubleshooting

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1446645.015	50	M	Non Hospitalized injury

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