Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201171386 - Employee Suffers Amputation Of Finger

Accident Summary Nr: 201171386 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 10/01/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125809004	02/04/2002	2824	0	Pactiv Corp.

Abstract: Employee #1 works for a molded paper products manufacturing company as a lead millwright. Employee #1 was checking on a problem with the spray conveyor V-belt pulley drive. Employee #1 took the guard off the drive belt with the equipment running. A coworker stopped the conveyor belt. Employee #1 assumed that the conveyor had been stopped for him. Employee #1 reached into the V-belt pulley drive to remove a piece of material that was caught in the pulley drive. The coworker turned the conveyor on as Employee #1 had his fingers in the V-belt pulley drive and suffered the amputation of the finger. Employee #1 was treated for his injury but not hospitalized.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, BELT, FINGER, GUARD, LOCKOUT, V-BELT, PULLEY

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125809004			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Millwrights

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