Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 99010.015 - Employee amputates thumb between chain and sprocket

Accident Summary Nr: 99010.015 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 04/25/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1230659.015	05/05/2017		423510	Tubular Steel Inc

Abstract: At 11:00 a.m. on April 25, 2017, an employee was cutting steel pipe with the yards metal cutting saw. The employee set his clipboard next to the unguarded chain and sprocket for the conveyor rollers that were attached to the saw. The employee reached for the clipboard when it fell into the rollers and caught his thumb between the chain and sprocket. The employee amputated his thumb and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Chain, Conveyor, Metal Pipe, Roller--Mach/Part, Saw, Sprocket, Thumb

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1230659.015	62	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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