Accident Report Detail

Accident: 142912.015 - Employee Amputates Fingertip While Cleaning Unguarded Machin

**Accident: 142912.015 -- Report ID: 0728500 -- Event Date: 01/07/2022**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1573587.015	01/18/2022		Scholastic

At 2:30 a.m. on January 7, 2022, an employee was cleaning overspray from around an unguarded chain and sprocket. The rag the employee was using was pulled into the machine along with his gloved hand. The employee amputated a fingertip, requ iring hospitalization.

Keywords: amputated, amputation, catch point, caught in, chain, cleaning, finger, fingertip, guard, machine guarding, maintenance, misjudgement, misjudgement of hazardous situation, partial amputation, sprocket, unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	1573587.015	30	M	Hospitalized injury		Machinery maintenance occupations

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