OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #672584
GRAIN PROCESSING CORPORATION
MUSCATINE, IA·
Event description
Employee's fingertip amputated by belt and pulley
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was working maintenance on the third shift and was assigned to clear a clogged centrifugal screener. He shut the machine off at the main box, walked approximately 25 ft to the machine, and crawled on the floor on his back to rea ch under the power transmission electric motor. Apparently, the motor was still coasting and his ring finger became caught in the belt and drive pulley. The gua rds were not removed but were extended to within 8 to 10 in. from the floor. It was difficult for Employee #1 to reach the belts.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 30 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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