Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201172459 - Employee's finger amputated after wedging it under bar

Accident Summary Nr: 201172459 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 10/23/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120144241	11/15/2002	8221	321920	University Of California, Davis

Abstract: On October 23, 2002, Employee #1 and two coworkers were hauling walnuts at the University of California on the Davis campus. Debris from the hauling process became jammed between a stationary bar and a moving mesh type-sorting belt. As Employee #1 tried to clear the jam with his right hand, the moving belt caught his index finger so that it became momentarily wedged underneath a stationary bar used to direct the debris on the belt. One of the coworkers transported Employee #1 to Sutter Davis hospital in Davis. The tip of Employee #1's finger was amputated at the first knuckle and he was released from the hospital but returned on October 30 for additional surgery.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, BELT, FINGER, BELT CONVEYOR, CAUGHT BY, JAMMED, LOCKOUT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120144241			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Farm workers

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