Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 125702.015 - Employee partially amputates finger when caught in chain spr

Accident Summary Nr: 125702.015 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 04/20/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1473414.015	04/28/2020		115114	Bee Sweet Citrus, Inc.

Abstract: At 11:00 p.m. on April 20, 2020, an employee, a machine operator, was working at a fruit packing house. The employee reached under an energized bin machine to retrieve a piece of fruit. One of the employee's fingers was caught in a moving sprocket of the fruit bin conveyor machine. The employee was hospitalized to treat a partial amputation of the tip of the middle finger to include bone loss.

Keywords: Bin, Blind Reaching, Caught In, Conveyor, E GI VI (blind reaching), Energized, Finger, Food Handling, Food processing, Machine operator, Partial Amputation, Reaching, Sprocket

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1473414.015	56	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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