Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 140698.015 - Employee amputates three fingertips while adjusting conveyor

Accident Summary Nr: 140698.015 -- Report ID: 0355111 -- Event Date: 10/28/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1560949.015	10/29/2021		321113	Ashton Lewis- Ruther Glen Inc.

Abstract: At 7:00 a.m. on October 28, 2021, an employee working as a machinery maintenance technician for a sawmill was making adjustments to a conveyor belt. The employee caught his right hand in the conveyor pulling his fingers into the rollers and homemade guard. The employee amputated three fingertips and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Adjust, Amputated, Amputation, Belt Conveyor, Catch Point, Caught In, Conveyor, Conveyor Belt, Engineering Controls, Finger, Fingertip, Instantaneous amputation, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Maintenance, Partial Amputation, Power Roller, Pulled In, Roller Conveyor, Roller--Mach/Part, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1560949.015	29	M	Hospitalized injury		Machinery maintenance occupations

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