Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 122488.015 - Employee's thumb is partially amputated while replacing band

Accident Summary Nr: 122488.015 -- Report ID: 0627500 -- Event Date: 12/10/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1451161.015	12/12/2019		491110	U.S. Postal Service

Abstract: At 7:30 p.m. on December 10, 2019, an employee was working for an independent federal agency responsible for providing postal service in the United States. He maintained machinery. He was on side two of the main operations sorter. He was replacing and aligning the drive bands on the small packages conveyor that led to the semi-auto loading table. The machine was still running. It had not been deenergized. It was operating on a 120-volt power source. The thumb on the employee's left hand became caught in some conveyor rollers. His thumb was partially amputated. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Conveyor, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Maintenance, Partial Amputation, Power Trans Appar, Roller--Mach/Part, Running, Thumb

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1451161.015	57	M	Hospitalized injury		Machinery maintenance occupations

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