Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170895072 - Employee's finger amputated in chain drive on palletizer

Accident Summary Nr: 170895072 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 09/03/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120253596	09/17/1997	5149	0	Tropicana

Abstract: At approximately 11:30 p.m. on September 2, 1997, Employee #1 of Tropicana, Inc., was using a palletizer machine inside the production department. A pallet became jammed in the magazine, causing a moving chain to come out of the machine's back. Employee #1 was trying to put the chain back over the sprocket wheel when his right hand became caught in the chain's pinch point, amputating his middle finger. The cause of the accident was a faulty safety light curtain, which was supposed to shut off the chain drive when Employee #1 put in his hand into the machine.

Keywords: CHAIN, AMPUTATED, FINGER, WORK RULES, JAMMED, CAUGHT BETWEEN, SPROCKET, NIP POINT, LIGHT CURTAIN, MECH MALFUNCTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120253596			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Not specified mechanics and repairers

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