Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170841381 - Employee's thumb injured when pinched by chain

Accident Summary Nr: 170841381 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 09/06/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125616375	09/07/2000	0172	0	Juliana Vineyards

Abstract: Employee #1 and a coworker were a chain and the bucket of a Case 580K loader/backhoe to pull out round wooden fence posts in a vineyard. Employee #1 wrapped the chain twice around a post and had his right hand on the post above the chain when the coworker operating the loader lifted the bucket. The chain slid up the post and pinched off the fleshy part of Employee #1's thumb. He was hospitalized for treatment, which included skin grafts to repair the damage. Employee #1 had his hand in the danger zone when his coworker lifted the bucket; it was not necessary for Employee #1 to have had his hand on the post above the chain.

Keywords: CHAIN, LOADER/BACKHOE, AGRICULTURE, WORK RULES, THUMB, CAUGHT BETWEEN, LACERATION, SKIN, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125616375			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Punching and stamping press machine operators

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