Accident Report Detail
Accident: 116543.015 - Employee Amputates Fingertip While Installing Machine Guard
Accident: 116543.015 -- Report ID: 1050210 -- Event Date: 05/23/2019 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1403396.015 | 05/24/2019 | United States Bakery, Inc | |||||
At 6:00 p.m. on May 23, 2019, an employee had been adjusting the chain/sprocket timing on a bread packing machine. After the employee finished the adjustment, h e reached behind the guard to tighten a bolt when he contacted the chain and spr ocket. He amputated his fingertip and and required medical treatment. The emplo yee was not hospitalized. | |||||||
Keywords:
amputated, amputation, chain, energized, finger, fingertip, food processing, guard, installing, lockout, lockout/tagout, machine guarding, maintenance, point of operation, sprocket, unguarded
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 1403396.015 | 36 | M | Non Hospitalized injury | Mechanical engineering technicians |