Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 970004 - Employee's finger amputated between chain and sprocket

Accident Summary Nr: 970004 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 04/04/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
105594535	05/10/1989	1742	0	Superior Insulation

Abstract: Employee #1 was working his assigned task of emptying bags of insulating material into the hopper of the fiber changing insulation blowing machine. Employee #1 was stacking the bags as he emptied them in a pile along the side of the machine. The stack of bags started to tip over and one of the bags somehow became caught under the machine and on top of the chain that was being fed around the sprocket. Employee #1 dropped to the floor and reached back under the machine to retrieve the sack but caught the forefinger of his right hand between the chain and sprocket. Employee #1's finger was amputated.

Keywords: CHAIN, AMPUTATED, FINGER, CONSTRUCTION, CAUGHT BETWEEN, SPROCKET, HOPPER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	105594535			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Insulation Workers

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