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Accident: 202555751 - Employee Gets Hand Caught In Conveyor Belt

Accident: 202555751 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 12/07/2012
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
31553215012/11/20127389Fed Ex Ground
At approximately 5:08 a.m., on December 7, 2012, Employee #1 of Fed Ex Ground was working on UNL-26-1, an unload conveyor belt, attempting to scan packages when she reached under a package and got her right hand caught in between a moving metal roller and a metal dividing bar. Employee #1 was determined to have sustained partial amputation on her right pinky and complete amputation to her right ring finger as the result of the accident.
Keywords: amputated, finger, caught between, conveyor belt, hand
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 315532150 Hospitalized injury Amputation Hand packers and packagers

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