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Accident Summary Nr: 201022308 - Employee's Finger Is Amputated by Pulley Assembly

Accident Summary Nr: 201022308 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 06/18/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125481531	06/23/2009	0172	111332	Whispering Oak Vineyards, Llc

Abstract: At 2:00 a.m. on June 18, 2009, Employee #1, with Whispering Oak Vineyards, LLC, was working at night with a tractor-towed sulfur duster (Nikkel Ironworks Model Number VT10, Serial Number 9704580). When he reached down into the machine to see why a pulley wasn't working, his right index finger became caught in the belt/pulley assembly. Employee #1 was hospitalized for a partial finger amputation.

Keywords: PULL BACK DEVICE, AMPUTATED, BELT, AGRICULTURE, FINGER, WORK RULES, LOCKOUT, CAUGHT BETWEEN, TRACTOR

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125481531			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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