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2745 LONG LAKE RD., ROSEVILLE, MN 55113
Standard 19100263 C 3
Standard 52050680
FINGERS AMPUTATED WHEN CAUGHT BETWEEN CHAIN AND SPROCKET
ON FEBRUARY 11, 1987, AT APPROXIMATELY 12:15 AM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PRESTARTING A M OULDER-PANNER UNIT, SERIAL #1190-A, IN A BAKERY. HE HEARD A NOISE ON THE CHAIN D RIVE, LOCATED BEHIND A PARTIAL GUARD. THE UNIT IS CAPABLE OF BEING LOCKED OUT, B UT EMPLOYEE #1 THOUGH HE COULD CLEAR THE CHAIN WTH HIS HAND HAND WHILE IT WAS ST ILL RUNNING. INSTEAD OF RUNNING HIS HAND ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE MOVING CHAIN, AS PLANNED, HE ACCIDENTALLY PLACED THREE FINGERS BETWEEN THE CHAIN AND THE SPROCKET . THE RESULTING ACCIDENT RESULTED IN THE AMPUTATION OF THE RING AND MIDDLE FINGE R BELOW THE FIRST JOINT. THE INDEX FINGER WAS AMPUTATED ABOVE THE FIRST JOINT.
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