Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200530194 - Employee Amputates Finger in Conveyor Chain and Sprocket

Accident Summary Nr: 200530194 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 11/22/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308262625	12/06/2005	2448	321920	Krajicek Pallet, Inc.

Abstract: On November 22, 2005, Employee #1 and a coworker were working for a manufacturer of pallets. The two were clearing a jam on a pallet stacker, when the ring finger of Employee #1's left hand got caught in the stacker's conveyor chain and sprocket and was amputated. Employee #1 thought the equipment had been shut down, but it was neither shut down nor locked out. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: CHAIN, AMPUTATED, FINGER, JAMMED, LOCKOUT, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CONVEYOR, MECH MAT HANDLING, SPROCKET, PAINTER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	308262625			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Laborers, except construction

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