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Accident Summary Nr: 147929.015 - Employee suffers fingertip amputation when pallet conveyor m

Accident Summary Nr: 147929.015 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 02/08/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1580482.015	02/25/2022		111336	Hilltop Ranch, Inc.

Abstract: At 7:45 a.m. on February 8, 2022, an employee was unloading fumigation chambers at an almond processing facility using a forklift. The employee noticed that the pallet conveyor was malfunctioning. The injured worker got off his forklift and attempted to wipe off the sensor, but the pallets still did not advance. As he turned away, the pallet conveyor moved and a pallet crushed his right hand. The employee was hospitalized to treat a right ring fingertip amputation.

Keywords: Amputation, Caught Between, Conveyor, Crushing, Fingertip, Forklift, Hand, Ind Trk Operator, Pallet

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1580482.015	62	M	Hospitalized injury		Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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