Accident Report Detail
Accident: 100434.015 - Employee Amputates Finger On Conveyor Drive Belt
Accident: 100434.015 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 10/26/2017 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1274974.015 | 10/31/2017 | Dollar Tree Distribution Center #2 | |||||
At 1:30 a.m. on October 26, 2017, an employee was working for a firm engaged in general warehousing and storage. He was troubleshooting the drive system of a co nveyor belt. He had a removed a guard and he was pulling the conveyor belt's dri ve system V-belt with his hands, when his supervisor energized the conveyor. The middle finger on his right hand was caught between the V-belt and a pulley. The employee sustained the amputation of the end of that finger below the nail. The narrative did not say whether or not he was hospitalized. | |||||||
Keywords:
amputated, amputation, belt, belt conveyor, caught between, finger, guard, lockout/tagout, machine guarding, maintenance, pulley, warehouse
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 1274974.015 | 36 | M | Non Hospitalized injury | Industrial machinery repairers |