Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 139341.015 - Employee crushes hand while replacing belt on energized conv

Accident Summary Nr: 139341.015 -- Report ID: 0728900 -- Event Date: 09/07/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1553998.015	09/15/2021		311611	Smithfield Farmland

Abstract: At 3:30 a.m. on September 7, 2021, an employee working as a maintenance technician for a meat processing facility was replacing a conveyor belt. The belt was restarted before his hand was free of conveyor sprockets. The employee was hospitalized to treat a crushed hand including his fingers.

Keywords: Belt, Caught In, Conveyor Belt, Crushed, Energized, Finger, Food processing, Hand, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Maintenance, Manufacturing, Meat Processing, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Replace, Replacing, Sprocket, Technician, Unsafe Position

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1553998.015	25	M	Hospitalized injury		Not specified mechanics and repairers

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