Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 125728.015 - Employee degloves knuckle while troubleshooting produce slic

Accident Summary Nr: 125728.015 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 11/21/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1461668.015	02/06/2020		115113	San Miguel Produce

Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on November 21, 2019, an employee who worked as a mechanic for a produce harvesting company was working in the celery processing facility. The employee was checking a TranSlicer used to slice produce due to a noise coming from the belt and pulley area on the motor. The employee locked and tagged out the machine and checked that it was deenergized. The employee then proceeded to pull on the belt that drove the pulley in order to check for noise or play. As he kept turning the belt, his hand turned with the belt and got caught between the belt and pulley. The mechanic panicked and instinctively yanked his hand out of the nip point leaving the first knuckle of his middle finger in the machine. The employee degloved his finger and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Belt, Caught In, Degloving, Farm Machinery, Finger, Knuckle, Laborer, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Mechanic, Pinch Point, Pinched, Pulley, Slicer, Troubleshooting

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1461668.015	45	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

Thank You for Visiting Our Website

You are exiting the Department of Labor's Web server.

The Department of Labor does not endorse, takes no responsibility for, and exercises no control over the linked organization or its views, or contents, nor does it vouch for the accuracy or accessibility of the information contained on the destination server. The Department of Labor also cannot authorize the use of copyrighted materials contained in linked Web sites. Users must request such authorization from the sponsor of the linked Web site. Thank you for visiting our site. Please click the button below to continue.