Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 138015.015 - Employee amputates fingertip when caught in machine nip poin

Accident Summary Nr: 138015.015 -- Report ID: 0522500 -- Event Date: 08/06/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1546951.015	08/11/2021		339920	Coulter Ventures, Llc

Abstract: At 4:45 a.m. on August 6, 2021, an employee working as a machine operator for a sporting and athletic goods manufacturer was rotating a chain by hand. As he rotated the chain, his left hand approached the sprocket and was pinched in the chain/socket assembly. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputated ring fingertip.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Chain, Distracted, Finger, Fingertip, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Manufacturing, Nip Point, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Production Line, Sprocket, Traumatic Amputation, Unsafe Position

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1546951.015	40	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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