Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 145569.015 - Grocery worker's fingertip is caught in belt and amputated

Accident Summary Nr: 145569.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 02/01/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1577058.015	02/08/2022		445110	Fareway Stores, Inc.

Abstract: At 4:43 p.m. on Tuesday, February 1, 2022, an employee was working for a regional chain of supermarkets. She was fourteen years old. She was standing next to coworkers at a checkout counter, or checkstand, in one the chain's stores. The tip of the small finger on her right hand became caught in the checkstand belt. She suffered an injury to the fingertip and distal (second) joint of that finger. She was hospitalized. Her fingertip was amputated.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Belt, Caught In, Conveyor Belt, Fingertip, Grocery Store, Inexperience, Machine Guarding, Retail, Retail Clerk, Retail Store

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1577058.015	14	F	Hospitalized injury

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