Accident Report Detail

Accident: 144288.015 - Employee Amputates Thumb In Sprocket

**Accident: 144288.015 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 02/28/2022**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1581860.015	03/07/2022		Sugar Creek Packing Co.

At 7:00 p.m. on February 28, 2022, an employee was clearing a jam on a conveyor system. After removing the jam, the employee reached over the machine, and had h is right hand sitting on the belt. As the machine engaged, the employee's right thumb was caught in the sprocket. The employee suffered a partial amputation to the right thumb, and was hospitalized.

Keywords: amputated, amputation, belt, caught in, conveyor, finger, jammed, sprocket, thumb

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	1581860.015	49	M	Hospitalized injury		Machinery maintenance occupations

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