Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170203897 - Employee's foot lacerated in conveyor nip point

Accident Summary Nr: 170203897 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 02/04/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111924973	02/28/1991	2015	0	Foster Poultry Farms

Abstract: At 1:04 a.m. on February 4, 1991, Employee #1, age 19, was heaving chicken carcasses from one conveyor to another during the repair of a nearby cross conveyor, which was locked out. His foot was resting on an unguarded conveyor tail pulley chain drive when a coworker started the conveyor. Employee #1 suffered a deep laceration on his foot. and was scheduled to return to work on April 1, 1991. Access to the tail pulley chain drive was normally guarded by location but the leadsman, temporarily acting as foreman, had authorized Employee #1 to climb into the chain nip point zone of the conveyor. The employer was cited for a serious accident-related violation of T8CCR 4075(a).

Keywords: CHAIN, WORK RULES, LACERATION, CONVEYOR, SPROCKET, NIP POINT, FOOT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111924973			Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Butchers and meat cutters

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