OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1001627
LOUIS RICH CO.
WEST LIBERTY, IA·
Event description
Employee's fingertip amputated in chain and sprocket
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a maintenance worker, was adjusting a production machine. He had re moved the machine's guard to access the trouble area when his fingertip became c aught in a chain and sprocket drive and was amputated. Employee #1 was hospitali zed.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 549
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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