OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #691824

CHAIN,MAINTENANCE,AMPUTATED,FINGER,GUARD,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BY,LOCKOUT,SPROCKET

1987-04-04T00:00:00

Event: CHAIN,MAINTENANCE,AMPUTATED,FINGER,GUARD,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BY,LOCKOUT,SPROCKET
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 691824
Report ID: 854910

Event description

Employee's finger amputated in chain and sprocket

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 lifted a plastic guard on a Doboy ES-1000 roll and glue machine to s ecure a grease fitting tube that was leaking. His left little finger became caug ht in the chain and sprocket drive and was amputated. Employee #1 was hospitaliz ed. Employer policy required that the machine be shut off before repair or adjus tment. The machine was well guarded. Line workers are not required or allowed to make adjustment or repairs.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 23 M

Nature of injury
1

Part of body
10

Event type
2

Source
26

Occupation code
888

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
1

Task assigned
1

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