Accident Report Detail
Accident: 114886.015 - Employee Amputates Fingers When Caught In Unguarded Motor Be
Accident: 114886.015 -- Report ID: 0418300 -- Event Date: 03/20/2019 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1389092.015 | 03/26/2019 | Southern Parallel Forest Products Corp. | |||||
At 12:30 p.m. on March 20, 2019, Employee #1 was looking at a conveyor belt to s ee why it was not moving and looking for a board that jammed the belt. The emplo yee placed his gloved hand on the top of the belt/pulley guard. The back of belt /pulley was not guarded. Glove finger tip was pulled into the pulley when the b elt started moving again. The employee sustained a laceration, resulting in an a mputation. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||||
Keywords:
amputated, amputation, belt, caught in, conveyor belt, fingertip, glove, hand, jammed, laceration, lockout/tagout, machine guarding, pulley, unguarded
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 1389092.015 | 29 | M | Non Hospitalized injury | Laborers, except construction |