Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 125154.015 - Employee amputates two fingertips while tightening chain on

Accident Summary Nr: 125154.015 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 03/31/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1471645.015	04/01/2020		423320	Tricircle Pavers, Inc.

Abstract: At 10:30 p.m. an employee working as a sawing machine operator for a building materials supplier was removing bad pavers. The employee noticed a line chain was loose and tried to tighten the chain in the energized machine. The employee amputated his ring and pinky fingertips and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Adjust, Amputated, Amputation, Clearing, Cutting, Energized, Finger, Fingertip, Instantaneous amputation, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Saw, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1471645.015	21	M	Hospitalized injury		Sawing machine operators

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