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Window Mart, Inc.

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

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Window Mart, Inc. in ROYAL, ARKANSAS
Employer Window Mart, Inc. Report ID 2018076758
Address 5670 Albert Pike Rd City, State ZIP ROYAL, ARKANSAS 71968
Event Date July 6, 2018 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Conveyors-chain
Secondary Source Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
Industry (NAICS) 326199 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 34.51000, -93.20000

Incident Narrative

An employee was cleaning beneath a moving conveyor when the tip of his left glove was caught in a chain and sprocket. His middle, ring, and little fingertips were pulled into the chain and sprocket and amputated.

Incident Summary

On July 6, 2018, a worker at Window Mart, Inc. in ROYAL, ARKANSAS suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with conveyors-chain identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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