Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 124641.015 - Employee crushes finger in press, is later partially amputat

Accident Summary Nr: 124641.015 -- Report ID: 1054111 -- Event Date: 10/28/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1468244.015	11/01/2019	3053	339991	317726019 - Motion Industries Inc

Abstract: At 11:35 a.m. on October 28, 2019, an employee working as a Machine Operator for a manufacturing company was doing a cook change on the conveyor belt attached to a press machine. The employee caught his right index finger in the drive chain on the press crushing the fingertip. The employee required medical treatment without hospitalization but required partial surgical amputation of the finger.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Chain, Conveyor, Conveyor Belt, Crushed, Finger, Fingertip, Hand, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Partial Amputation, Pinched, Surgical Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1468244.015	21	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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