Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 140172.015 - Employee Fractures Hand In Nip Point of Conveyor Belt System

Accident Summary Nr: 140172.015 -- Report ID: 0522500 -- Event Date: 10/08/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1558022.015	10/13/2021		311412	General Mills

Abstract: At 1:45 a.m. on October 8, 2021, an employee was cleaning the pizza topping machine at a frozen food manufacturing facility. The employee and her coworkers were sanitizing the pizza topping machine which placed toppings on pizza crusts. While the employee was using a scrubbing pad to clean near an unguarded conveyor belt and roller while the equipment was running, her hand was pulled into the in-going nip point created by the belt and roller. The employee incurred a severe hand fracture of multiple bones and skin damage, requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Belt Conveyor, Cleaning, Conveyor, Conveyor Belt, Food processing, Fracture, Hand, Nip Point, Operating, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1558022.015	34	F	Hospitalized injury

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