Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 142867.015 - Employee degloves finger, amputates tip in pulley drive belt

Accident Summary Nr: 142867.015 -- Report ID: 0936400 -- Event Date: 12/29/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1573274.015	01/19/2022		561320	Select Staff

Abstract: At 3:30 p.m. on December 29, 2021, an employee was assisting a coworker with manually rotating a drive belt/pulley system on the delinting centrifuge by pulley down on the belt. The employee's finger was pulled into the machine between the belt and pulley. The employee pulled his hand out resulting in a degloving of a portion of his left ring finger and possible amputation of the fingertip, requiring medical treatment without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Belt, Catch Point, Caught Between, Caught In, Degloving, Drive Shaft, Finger, Fingertip, Inexperience, Insufficient Supervision, Lack of Work Procedures, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine operator, Maintenance, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Pinched, Pulled In, Pulley, Supervision, Temporary Employment Agency, Temporary Worker, Unstable Position

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1573274.015	0	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Machinery maintenance occupations

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