Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 139604.015 - Employee amputates finger in sprocket servicing machine

Accident Summary Nr: 139604.015 -- Report ID: 1054116 -- Event Date: 07/28/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1545548.015	07/30/2021	2434	337110	317729080 - V T West Inc

Abstract: At 11:35 p.m. on July 28, 2021, an employee working as a stock handler for a wood cabinet and countertop manufacturer was servicing a Lantech material wrapping machine. The employee was attempting to reposition the transfer chain which had become displaced when he caught his right hand in the sprocket. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for an amputated finger.

Keywords: Adjust, Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Chain, Conveyor, Finger, Instantaneous amputation, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Maintenance, Manufacturing, Servicing, Sprocket, Training, Traumatic Amputation, Unauthorized, Wood, Wrapping

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1545548.015	55	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Freight, stock and material handlers, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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