OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #673483
FARMERS MUTUAL COOPERATIVE COMPANY
ALTON, IA·
Event description
THUMB TIP AMPUTATED WHEN CAUGHT IN BELT
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1'S CLOTHES BECAME CAUGHT IN A PROTRUDING BELT. HIS LEFT THUMB THEN BE CAME CAUGHT AND WAS AMPUTATED AT THE FIRST KNUCKLE. THE BELT DRIVE WAS NOT GUARD ED.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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