Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170623714 - Employee's thumb tip amputated in V-belt and pulley drive

Accident Summary Nr: 170623714 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 11/25/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119973410	03/13/1996	0139	0	Borba Agri Business Services

Abstract: At approximately 7:30 p.m. on November 25, 1996, Employee #1 was checking a tomato mulcher to see if the V-belt was broken when his left thumb became caught in the moving V-belt and pulley drive. He sustained a partial amputation of his left thumb and was transported by private vehicle to Hanford Community Medical Center. Employee #1 was treated and released the following day.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, AGRICULTURE, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, THUMB, LOCKOUT, V-BELT, NIP POINT, PULLEY, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119973410			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Supervisors, mechanics and repairers

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