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Accident Summary Nr: 128488.015 - Employee amputates thumb tip while performing maintenance on

Accident Summary Nr: 128488.015 -- Report ID: 0523300 -- Event Date: 08/05/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1487508.015	08/11/2020		311511	Kwik Trip, Inc.

Abstract: At 11:10 p.m. on August 5, 2020, an employee had performed a preventive maintenance task on a machine when she unlocked the conveyor and restarted the equipment. The employee heard a noise and was looking around to find the source when she placed her hand holding a rag on the guard. The rag got caught on the chain or sprocket and pulled her left hand into the conveyor. The employee partially amputated her thumb at the fingernail and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Chain, Conveyor, Finger, Fingertip, Food processing, Guard, Hand, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Maintenance, Partial Amputation, Pinched, Repair, Sprocket, Thumb, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1487508.015	31	F	Hospitalized injury		Machinery maintenance occupations

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