OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14444616

CHAIN,MAINTENANCE,AMPUTATED,FINGER,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BY,LOCKOUT,SPROCKET,NIP POINT

1986-01-23T00:00:00

Event: CHAIN,MAINTENANCE,AMPUTATED,FINGER,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BY,LOCKOUT,SPROCKET,NIP POINT
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14444616
Report ID: 355111

Event description

Employee's finger amputated when caught by stacker

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, an experienced maintenance foreman, was attempting to adjust the dr ive chain on a plywood stacker. The machine started up, catching and partially a mputating his finger between a sprocket and chain. Employee #1 had not locked ou t the stacker before beginning the job.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 33 M

Nature of injury
1

Part of body
10

Event type
2

Source
26

Occupation code
519

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
1

Task assigned
1

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