Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201117264 - Employee injures finger when caught in belt

Accident Summary Nr: 201117264 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 01/29/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120318001	03/12/2004	3429	332919	Avibank Manufacturing

Abstract: At 6:15 a.m. on January 9, 2004, Employee #1, fifteen minutes after the beginning of her shift, requested that a coworker change the belt position of her machine to increase its speed. The coworker adjusted the belt and Employee #1 began to operate the machine. A few minutes later, Employee #1 stopped work to check the belt's position. As she went to lift the belt cover, without deenergizing the machine, she put her hand on the bottom of the cover box to gain additional height and her fingers accidentally came into contact with the belt. Employee #1 was taken to Providence St Joseph Hospital in Burbank and treated for deep lacerations on the tip of her right index finger. She was released four hours later.

Keywords: BELT, FINGER, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, MACHINE OPERATOR, CAUGHT BY, CAUGHT BETWEEN, LACERATION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120318001			Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Machine operators, not specified

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