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Accident: 114886.015 - Employee Amputates Fingers When Caught In Unguarded Motor Be

Accident: 114886.015 -- Report ID: 0418300 -- Event Date: 03/20/2019
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
1389092.01503/26/2019Southern Parallel Forest Products Corp.
At 12:30 p.m. on March 20, 2019, Employee #1 was looking at a conveyor belt to see why it was not moving and looking for a board that jammed the belt. The employee 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 belt started moving again. The employee sustained a laceration, resulting in an amputation. The employee was hospitalized.
Keywords: pulley, conveyor belt, lockout/tagout, amputation, laceration, jammed, machine guarding, hand, glove, belt, caught in, unguarded, fingertip, amputated
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 1389092.015 29 M Non Hospitalized injury Amputation Laborers, except construction

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