Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 114970.015 - Employee's finger is pinched by conveyor and is amputated

Accident Summary Nr: 114970.015 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 12/20/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1369555.015	01/07/2019		311411	Osi Industries, Llc

Abstract: At 3:30 p.m. on December 20, 2018, an employee was sanitizing the running Cryovac inclining a bean conveyor. The employee was rinsing the conveyor with the pressure water hose, the right hand got caught inside of the incline conveyor while trying to adjust the hose using the right hand. The right-hand glove got caught and dragged upward in the inclining conveyor and his right-hand index finger was amputated. A contributing factor of this incident was that the employer failed to guard the component parts of the machine, which have to squeeze, rolling actions, including pinch points. The employee was hospitalized for this injury.

Keywords: Amputated, Caught In, Conveyor, Finger, Glove, Guard, Pinched, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1369555.015	26	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Technicians, n.e.c.

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