Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 132584.015 - Employee's finger is amputated by rotating chain and sprocke

Accident Summary Nr: 132584.015 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 01/07/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1510942.015	01/21/2021		238990	Radonich Enterprises, Inc.

Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on January 7, 2021, Employee #1 was operating a gutter machine. He was mechanically feeding via spool assembly/loading coil a 24 gauge, 7-inch wide metal gutter coil into the 7-inch facia roll forming gutter machine. A miss feed occurred, and the coil became jammed. The employee, without first deenergizing the machine, attempted to slide open the guard in order to trouble shoot and clear the jam. As he was sliding the guard, his gloved right pinky finger made contact with a rotating sprocket/chain mechanism. The finger was partially amputated. The employee was transported to a medical care center, admitted, and treated for the partial amputation.

Keywords: Chain, Construction, Contact, Energized, Equipment Operator, Finger, Jammed, Lockout/Tagout, Partial Amputation, Rehabilitation, Rotating Parts, Sprocket

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation				4

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1510942.015	44	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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