Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170622633 - Employee's fingers caught in V-belt while repairing machine

Accident Summary Nr: 170622633 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 07/27/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120335062	08/22/1994	2032	0	Campbell Soup Supply Co, Llc

Abstract: At about 1:00 a.m. on July 28, 1994, Employee #1, an electrical maintenance worker, and a lead man went to check a problem with the ventilation fan on one of the 2 swamp coolers. When they got to the fan motor they found the V-belt gone. The lead man pushed the fan motor OFF button but did not use the disconnect or lockout the control panel. While Employee #1 and the coworker were changing the V-belt, the fan motor was turned on (perhaps someone in the noodle room was using a remote switch). Employee #1's fingers were caught in the belt that was being changed. First aid was applied and Employee #1 was transported by ambulance to Methodist Hospital in Sacramento, where he was treated and released. He sustained broken fingers and lacerations and torn flesh on the middle fingertip pad.

Keywords: FRACTURE, MAINTENANCE, FINGER, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, LOCKOUT, LACERATION, V-BELT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120335062			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Electronic repairers, communica. & indus. equip.

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