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Accident Summary Nr: 134294.015 - Employee's finger is partially amputated while checking mach

Accident Summary Nr: 134294.015 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 12/04/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1512712.015	01/28/2021		115114	Gillette Citrus Inc.

Abstract: At 5:00 p.m. on December 4, 2020, an employee was working for a firm that that grew, packed, and shipped citrus fruit. He was a farm equipment mechanic. He was checking the chain track on a bin washing system. With the system running, he placed his left hand under the chain track to establish where a splashguard had fallen off. The index finger on his left hand was caught between the drive chain and a sprocket. His finger was partially amputated. The employee was treated without hospitalization. He underwent surgery in which his finger bone was shaved down.

Keywords: Agriculture, Agriculture Machinery/Vehicle, Amputated, Amputation, Chain, Farm, Farm Machinery, Finger, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Maintenance, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Nip Point, Partial Amputation, Power Trans Appar, Service Technician, Sprocket, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1512712.015	29	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Farm equipment mechanics

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