OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221428923
WYNRIGHT CORPORATION
JOLIET, IL·
Event description
Employee amputates fingertip while replacing conveyor belt
Investigation abstract
At 10:00 p.m. on January 8, 2022, an employee, an automation technician, was working with coworkers to replace a conveyor belt at a customer's site. Once the belt was replaced, the employee checked the tension of the belt with his hands. While the employee was checking the belt, a coworker turned the conveyor on and the employee's fingertip was pinched by the moving belt. The employee suffered a fingertip amputation and was treated without hospitalization.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 37 M
- Event type
- 2
- Occupation code
- 519
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