Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202441614 - Employee's Finger Is Amputated in Sprocket and Chain Drive

Accident Summary Nr: 202441614 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 03/24/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125882704	05/09/2005	3444	332322	Western Metal Lath & Steel Framing System

Abstract: At approximately 10:00 a.m. on March 24, 2005, an employee was unjamming a stack of lath sheets from a chain conveyor system of a lath machine, Line Number 30, located in the production department. When he pulled the stuck stack of ten lath sheets from the powered horizontal sprockets and chain drive system toward the incline sprockets and chain drive, the conveyor system suddenly became activated and pulled the employee's right finger into the running sprockets and chain drive, causing amputation. He was hospitalized and treated for amputation.

Keywords: CHAIN, LATHE, AMPUTATED, FINGER, CAUGHT BY, LOCKOUT, CONVEYOR, SPROCKET

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125882704			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Laborers, except construction

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