Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 124101.015 - Employee partially amputates thumb when caught between belt

Accident Summary Nr: 124101.015 -- Report ID: 0953210 -- Event Date: 02/05/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1463121.015	02/11/2020		492110	Express Messenger Systems Inc

Abstract: At 9:45 p.m. on February 5, 2020, an employee working as an engineering technician for an express delivery service was performing maintenance on a conveyor belt. The employee was working on relieving tension in the belt when he got his left thumb caught between the belt and the roller. The employee partial amputated his thumb through the phalanx and required medical treatment without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Belt, Caught Between, Conveyor, Conveyor Belt, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Delivery Work, Finger, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Maintenance, Partial Amputation, Roller--Mach/Part, Service Technician, Technician, Tension, Thumb, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1463121.015	32	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Engineering technicians, n.e.c.

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