Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202502233 - Employee Amputates Hand While Repairing Wet Lap Machine

Accident Summary Nr: 202502233 -- Report ID: 0352450 -- Event Date: 05/17/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313035057	05/19/2009	2621	322121	Luke Paper Company

Abstract: Employee #1 was performing maintenance on the sprockets and chains of a section of a wet lap machine that had bound up and stopped running. As he reached his hand between the sprocket and chain, the mechanisms released and his shirt sleeve became caught on the chain and sprocket. His left hand was pulled into the machine and was amputated between the moving chain and sprocket. His injury required hospitalization.

Keywords: CHAIN, MAINTENANCE, AMPUTATED, REPAIR, WORK RULES, LOCKOUT, CAUGHT BETWEEN, SPROCKET, HAND

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	313035057			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Industrial machinery repairers

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