The accident investigation below was opened on Wednesday, March 1st 2017 by OSHA representitives in Elgin, IL after learning of an incident at Hydrox Chemical Company, Inc which had occured on Tuesday, February 21st 2017. A 49 year old Laborer had been injured when the employee catches finger in drive belt and receives partial a
Accident Date2017-02-21
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 7:45 a.m. on February 21, 2017, an employee was assigned to troubleshoot problematic conditions on the roll-on-ball dispensing machine. The employee was attempting to dry the surface of one of two horizontal moving drive belts with a paper towel. The employee accessed this section of the machine though an unguarded area located in front of the equipment. Consequently, the employee's left index finger became wedged in between the drive pulley and belt causing a partial finger amputation.