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Accident: 170853352 - Employee'S Fingertips Amputated In Conveyor Pulley

Accident: 170853352 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 12/11/1998
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
12024926301/14/19992051Goglanian Bakeries
Employee #1, a bakery machine operator, saw a towel caught in the operating belt and pulley drive of a belt conveyor. She was reaching her right hand through an open space in the pulley guard to retrieve the towel when her fingers contacted the pulley. The tips of her middle and ring fingers were amputated.
Keywords: amputated, finger, guard, work rules, belt conveyor, conveyor, pulley, conveyor belt, blind reaching
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 120249263 Hospitalized injury Amputation Roasting and baking machine operators, food

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