Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170723993 - Employee's fingertip amputated when caught in sprocket

Accident Summary Nr: 170723993 -- Report ID: 0950623 -- Event Date: 02/16/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119757334	03/15/1994	2091	0	Avalon Bay

Abstract: At 10:30 p.m. on February 16, 1994, Employee #1, working for a company that cuts and packs fish, was pulling fish filets off a chain conveyor and putting them into a box. The filets were piling up on the outfeed table and he was pulling them off into a box when his left little finger was pulled by a conveyor tail sprocket down into a small opening between the sprocket and the fixed plastic outfeed table. Employee #1 was wearing a light cotton glove due to the cold temperature of the fish. When his finger became pinched, he pulled back, pulling the tip of his finger off near the base of the fingernail.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, GLOVE, CAUGHT BETWEEN, SPROCKET

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119757334			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Hand packers and packagers

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