Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170572176 - Employee's hand injured in sprocket drive of packing machine

Accident Summary Nr: 170572176 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 12/17/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302446620	12/21/1999	5961	0	Bmg Entertainment

Abstract: Employee #1, age 18, was performing preventive maintenance on a packing machine, cleaning the main chain and sprocket drive, when his right hand became caught in the sprocket drive. The first joint of his index finger was amputated, his third and fourth fingers were fractured, and the top of his hand was lacerated. The machine was running and had not been locked out when Employee #1 started work on it.

Keywords: CHAIN, FRACTURE, MAINTENANCE, FINGER, WORK RULES, CLEANING, LOCKOUT, SPROCKET, NIP POINT, HAND

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	302446620			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Machinery maintenance occupations

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