Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 141852.015 - Employee amputates fingertip while sanitizing conveyor belt

Accident Summary Nr: 141852.015 -- Report ID: 0213400 -- Event Date: 09/22/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1554247.015	09/22/2021		311710	Aquamar, Inc.

Abstract: At 6:30 a.m. on September 22, 2021, an employee working as a janitor for a seafood processing facility was sanitizing the Line C wheeled conveyor belt system on the Multipond weighing system ID WFL01. The employee caught his right index finger between the photo-i-cable and the tire. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for a cut to his fingertip.

Keywords: Cable, Caught Between, Cleaning, Conveyor, Cut, Finger, Fingertip, Food processing, Janitor, Laceration, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Meat Processing, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Sanitation, Tire

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1554247.015	48	F	Non Hospitalized injury		Janitors and cleaners

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