Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14444111 - Employee's finger amputated in drive gears

Accident Summary Nr: 14444111 -- Report ID: 0355119 -- Event Date: 02/14/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
15218514	02/14/1985	2426	0	Stuart Flooring Corporation

Abstract: At approximately 9:00 a.m. on October 9, 1984, Employee #1 was operating a Meereene-Johnson pressure-feed gang ripsaw, model #44U, in the southwest corner of the production department. The operator's station was on the north side of the machine. Employee #1 walked around to the south side of the machine, a normally untraveled area where the drive gears were not covered. While the drive gears were in operation, Employee #1 wiped grease out of them using a short piece of wood held in his right hand. The drive gears caught his right glove and pulled his hand into the pinch-point, amputating his right index finger. The gears were guarded by the next day.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, GLOVE, WORK RULES, CLEANING, CAUGHT BY, LOCKOUT, SAW, GEAR, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	15218514			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Sawing machine operators

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