Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 675629 - Employee's finger amputated by chain and sprocket drive

Accident Summary Nr: 675629 -- Report ID: 1054118 -- Event Date: 03/26/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
115736670	03/26/1992	2022	0	Tillamook County Creamery Association Inc

Abstract: At approximately 2:30 p.m. on March 25, 1992, Employee #1, while working on a cheese packaging line, observed a wrapped package fall off the belt down into the machine. When the belt line stopped running, but was not shut off, Employee #1 reached down into the machine to retrieve the package. Her right index finger got caught in the chain and sprocket drive. When the line restarted, the finger was amputated down to the first knuckle.

Keywords: CHAIN, MAINTENANCE, AMPUTATED, FINGER, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, LOCKOUT, SPROCKET, CONVEYOR BELT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	115736670			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Miscelaneous food preparation occupations

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