OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14295208

AMPUTATED,FINGER,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BETWEEN,NIP POINT,PULLEY,CONVEYOR BELT,UNGUARDED

1988-12-04T00:00:00

Event: AMPUTATED,FINGER,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BETWEEN,NIP POINT,PULLEY,CONVEYOR BELT,UNGUARDED
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14295208
Report ID: 355119

Event description

Employee's finger amputated when caught in nip point

Investigation abstract

At approximately 9:30 a.m. on November 7, 1988, Employee #1 caught his right han d between the end of a material moving belt and a pulley on an Alpha shear #6 bu tt splice angular table section. The first digit of his right middle finger was partially amputated.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 43 M

Nature of injury
1

Part of body
10

Event type
2

Source
26

Occupation code
769

Human factor
9

Environmental factor
1

Task assigned
1

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