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Accident Summary Nr: 140882.015 - Employee suffers amputations while completing maintenance on

Accident Summary Nr: 140882.015 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 10/30/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1562262.015	11/05/2021		311999	Hearthside Food Solutions, Llc

Abstract: At 7:30 a.m. on October 30, 2021, Employee # 1, a maintenance technician, and a coworker, a changeover technician, were completing preventative maintenance on an RP-16 Kliklok Vari-Straight Topload Carton Closer when a malfunction was observed upon machine start-up. Employee #1 attempted to flag the machine's proximity sensor with his right hand. In doing so, Employee #1 inadvertently placed his right hand into an in-going nip point of an adjacent belt and pulley assemblage, resulting in the amputation of his ring finger and tip of the pinky finger. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Belt, Finger, Fingertip, Hand, Maintenance, Nip Point, Pulley, Sensor

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1562262.015	44	M	Hospitalized injury		Machinery maintenance occupations

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