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Accident Summary Nr: 201483211 - Employee's fingers injured in belt and pulley drive

Accident Summary Nr: 201483211 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 01/29/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125841825	06/12/2000	5141	0	Mtc Distributing

Abstract: On July 28, 2000, Employee #1, an order selector at a distribution warehouse, was adjusting the tension on the conveyor belt of a roller conveyor when his right hand became caught in the belt and pulley drive. He suffered lacerations and fractures of his middle and ring fingers. Employee #1 had not deenergized the drive unit, which could be started by an electric eye or by an adjacent conveyor.

Keywords: FRACTURE, MAINTENANCE, FINGER, WORK RULES, LOCKOUT, CAUGHT BETWEEN, LACERATION, CONVEYOR, PULLEY, CONVEYOR BELT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125841825			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Freight, stock and material handlers, n.e.c.

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