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Arkansas Electric Cooperatives, Inc.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Arkansas Electric Cooperatives, Inc. in FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS
Employer Arkansas Electric Cooperatives, Inc. Report ID 2015010397
Address End of Hwy 112 City, State ZIP FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS 72908
Event Date January 12, 2015 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Chippers
Industry (NAICS) 221122 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 35.30000, -94.41000

Incident Narrative

The employee was tightening a belt on the wood chipper. After the repair, the employee turned the machine off. While the machine was coasting to a stop the employee got his left hand caught between the belt and pulley of the wood chipper, resulting in the amputation of two fingers.

Incident Summary

On January 12, 2015, a worker at Arkansas Electric Cooperatives, Inc. in FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with chippers identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

OSHA has recorded 5,298 severe injury reports involving "Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning" incidents in our database. Browse all Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning injuries.

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