Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 122627.015 - Employee amputates finger when caught in chain unloading pot

Accident Summary Nr: 122627.015 -- Report ID: 0111100 -- Event Date: 10/03/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1436449.015	10/07/2019		111211	Leavitt Farms, Llc

Abstract: At 4:45 p.m. on October 3, 2019, an employee was unloading potatoes from a truck. Three revolving shafts on the left side of the rear conveyor used to unload the produce were not guarded. The employee placed his finger against a chain link near the sprockets. His finger slipped and became wedged between the sprocket and chain. The employee amputated his fingertip and required medical treatment without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Caught In, Chain, Conveyor, Farm, Farm Machinery, Farm worker, Finger, Fingertip, Inexperience, Instantaneous amputation, Lack of Engineering Controls, Machine Guarding, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Pinched, Rotating Shaft, Sprocket, Traumatic Amputation, Unguarded, Unloading

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1436449.015	16	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Farm workers

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