Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 135134.015 - Employee amputates fingertip when caught in moving chain and

Accident Summary Nr: 135134.015 -- Report ID: 0418300 -- Event Date: 04/17/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1527370.015	04/26/2021		311615	Peco Foods, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 10:30 a.m. on April 17, 2021, an employee was performing scheduled preventative maintenance on a Landen LP9XAEBP strapping machine. The employee had removed the top guard over the Timing Belt Table Drive Unit and adjusted the tension in the drive chain. While observing the moving chain, a rag wrapped around the employee's fingers became caught in the chain, pulling the employee's right index finger into the pinch point between the chain and sprocket. The incident resulted in a fingertip amputation at the base of the fingernail. The employee was treated without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Caught By, Caught In, Chain, Finger, Fingertip, Maintenance, Pinch Point, Pinched, Pulled In, Sprocket

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1527370.015	35	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Machinery maintenance occupations

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