Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 142662.015 - Employee amputates two fingertips while installing guard on

Accident Summary Nr: 142662.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 10/01/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1572069.015	01/05/2022		321920	Harvey Pallet Management Group Llc

Abstract: At 7:00 a.m. on October 1, 2021, an employee working for a pallet manufacturer was operating a CDLR Chain Driven Live Roller Conveyor. The roller conveyor has a 3/4-Horsepower (HP) motor and operates at 1,750 revolutions per minute (RPM) at 480 Volts (V)/60 Hertz (Hz)/3 Phase (PH) and 51 Amperes (Amp) and is equipped with 44-inch rollers. The employee was attempting to free a pallet which was hung up on the lip of the flat cover over the chain drive (guard) on the machine. The employee pushed the pallet loose and the chain drive guard, which was not secure because it was missing a bolt, shifted and exposed the moving chain and sprocket inside. The employee attempted to reinstall the chain drive guard without applying lockout/tagout. The employee caught his right hand in the moving chain drive. He amputated his ring and middle fingertips. The employee was transported to the hospital, where he was treated and released without being admitted.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Chain, Conveyor, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Energized, Finger, Fingertip, Guard, Inexperience, Installing, Instantaneous amputation, Insufficient Supervision, Jammed, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pallet, Partial Amputation, Pinched, Power Roller, Sprocket, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1572069.015	41	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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