Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170617609 - Employee's fingertips amputated by gate inside rubber boot

Accident Summary Nr: 170617609 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 10/15/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125767459	12/11/1996	3531	0	Rmc Lonestar

Abstract: Employee #1 was repairing and replacing a rubber boot on a cement weigh box in a batch plant. During the replacement, everything was locked out. When the work was completed, the power was turned back on to test the new installation. Employee #1 thought he saw something move on the inside of the new boot. He was pushing his fingers into it to investigate when the weigh box cycled. The butterfly gate on the inside of the boot went up so fast that it amputated the tips of the second and third fingers on his left hand.

Keywords: RUBBER BOOT, AMPUTATED, REPAIR, FINGER, WORK RULES

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125767459			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Miscellaneous plant and system operators

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