Jackson Industrail, Inc.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — LOCKESBURG, ARKANSAS
| Employer | Jackson Industrail, Inc. | Report ID | 2020088218 |
| Address | 3014 Hwy 71 N | City, State ZIP | LOCKESBURG, ARKANSAS 71846 |
| Event Date | August 30, 2020 | Outcome | Amputation |
| Nature of Injury | Amputations | Body Part | Fingertip(s) |
| Event Type | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Source of Injury | Machinery, unspecified |
| Industry (NAICS) | 811310 | Inspection # | — |
| GPS Coordinates | 33.99000, -94.17000 | ||
Incident Narrative
An employee was preparing to reinstall a box chain that had broken. When he tried to rotate the drive belt manually (in order to straighten the chain and thus find its end), the chain shifted and the drive belt rotated in the opposite direction. His right ring finger was pulled in and trapped between the sheave and the V-belt. The fingertip was amputated.
Incident Summary
On August 30, 2020, a worker at Jackson Industrail, Inc. in LOCKESBURG, ARKANSAS suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with machinery, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.
Context
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