OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1001627

CHAIN,MAINTENANCE,AMPUTATED,FINGER,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BY,LOCKOUT,SPROCKET,UNGUARDED

1987-09-21T00:00:00

Event: CHAIN,MAINTENANCE,AMPUTATED,FINGER,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BY,LOCKOUT,SPROCKET,UNGUARDED
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 1001627
Report ID: 751910

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

#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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