OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221388309

G II, LLC

CHICAGO, IL· 2021-08-26T00:00:00

Event: Adjust, Amputated, Amputation, Bearing, Belt Conveyor, Caught Between, Conveyor, Conveyor Belt, Crushed, Finger, Hand, Hand Tool, Instantaneous amputation, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Removing, Slip, Slippery Surface, Traumatic Amputation
NAICS: 423930
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345512891
Employer profile: G II, LLC
Summary number: 221388309
Report ID: 0521700

Event description

Employee amputates two fingers when caught between conveyor

Investigation abstract

At 2:00 p.m. on August 26, 2021, an employee working for a materials recycler was working on the outside grounds. The employee was attempting to adjust a bearing on the head pulley of a conveyor belt. The employee was using a come-a-long tool to remove the housing to access the bearing. The come-a-long shifted as the employee was manually trying to remove the housing. The employee caught his fingers between the housing and the frame of a conveyor gear box. The employee was hospitalized to treat amputations to both fingers and a crush injury to another finger.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 30 M

Event type
2

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