OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221406234
DAS NORTH AMERICA, INC.
MONTGOMERY, AL·
Event description
Employee amputates three fingers in chain drive
Investigation abstract
At 1:50 p.m. on October 27, 2021, an employee was working in a test booth that tests the noise quality of automobile seats. The conveyor line stopped moving and the employee looked through the test booth doors, leaned over and placed her hand on the chain and sprocket that drives the conveyor when the conveyor system began to moving again. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputation to her left index, middle and ring fingers.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 20 F
- Event type
- 2
- Occupation code
- 779
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