Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201690799 - Employee's fingers amputated in chain and sprocket

Accident Summary Nr: 201690799 -- Report ID: 0950662 -- Event Date: 05/23/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125928457	08/05/2002	2051	311812	Millbrook Company

Abstract: At 2:15 a.m. on May 23, 2002, Employee #1 was working on a pan stacker system (Lanham pan stacker, Serial Number 3945) in a bakery. After an alarm light activated, he ascended a catwalk to clear a jammed pan while a foreman was trying to clear the jam from below. While using his left hand to pull the pan out, Employee #1 placed his right hand near an unguarded chain and sprocket for support. When the machine started, Employee #1's right hand was caught in the chain and sprocket and pulled around for one revolution. He was hospitalized for amputation of his right index and middle fingers, and for fractures of the last two right fingers.

Keywords: CHAIN, FRACTURE, AMPUTATED, FINGER, JAMMED, LOCKOUT, CATWALK, SPROCKET, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125928457			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Machine operators, not specified

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