Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 128490.015 - Employee fractures thumb when caught in vertical belt sander

Accident Summary Nr: 128490.015 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 06/30/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1481998.015	07/06/2020		332618	Weatherford International

Abstract: At 2:00 p.m. on June 30, 2020, an employee was using a vertical belt sander to lower the edge of a metal piece. The employee's thumb was caught between the rollers and the sanding belt. The employee was hospitalized to treat a displaced fracture of the distal phalanx of the right thumb.

Keywords: Belt, Belt Sander, Caught Between, Caught In, Fracture, Metal, Roller--Mach/Part, Sander, Thumb

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1481998.015	45	M	Hospitalized injury		Welders and cutters

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