Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 140538.015 - Machine operator's two fingers are amputated in drive chain

Accident Summary Nr: 140538.015 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 10/20/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1560240.015	10/25/2021		332312	New Millennium Building Systems, Llc.

Abstract: At 5:00 p.m. on October 20, 2021, an employee was working as a machine operator for a firm that manufactured fabricated structural metal. He was operating a metal truss roll former machine. He was setting up the roll machine with a new chord size. The first chord came out just a few inches past the "kicker wheel." The kicker wheel was powered by a chain and sprocket drive. The employee overreached to pull the chord piece out, just below a broken section of a machine guard. His right hand slipped below the piece and got caught in the chain. The ring and small fingers on his right hand were amputated. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Caught In, Chain, Finger, Hand, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Power Trans Appar, Reaching, Sprocket

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1560240.015	24	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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