Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 131033.015 - Employee amputates fingertip when caught in shaft gears

Accident Summary Nr: 131033.015 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 10/25/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1500423.015	10/27/2020		311991	Campbell Soup Supply Company

Abstract: At 2:00 a.m. on October 25, 2020, an employee working as a mechanics helper for a soup manufacturer was installing a 250-pound shaft with four coworkers. The employee pinched his right index finger between two gears. The employee amputated his fingertip and received medical treatment without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Caught In, Finger, Fingertip, Hand Tool, Installing, Instantaneous amputation, Material Handling, Mechanic, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Shaft, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1500423.015	54	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Helpers, mechanics and repairers

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