Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 117166.015 - Employee suffers finger amputation by fan belt and pulley

Accident Summary Nr: 117166.015 -- Report ID: 0950611 -- Event Date: 01/22/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1373819.015	01/25/2019		561790	Enovity Inc.

Abstract: At 1:15 p.m. on January 22, 2019, an employee and his coworker were engaged in diagnostic testing of an air handling unit. The employee was instructed to rotate the fan with hand while the coworker was inside the unit listening to the movement of the fan. The employee was moving the fan by rotating the fan motor with the palm of his hands when his finger was got caught between the fan belt and the pulley. The employee suffered a partial amputation of the right index finger. Hospitalization was not required.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Fan Belt, Finger, Partial Amputation, Pulley

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1373819.015	29	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Engineers, n.e.c.

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