Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201174067 - Employee's fingers are amputated in chain and sprocket

Accident Summary Nr: 201174067 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 07/02/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120349873	07/02/2003	0191	111998	Barrios Farms, Inc.

Abstract: On July 2, 2003, Employee #1, a tractor driver with Barrios Farms, Inc., was performing routine maintenance work on a processing tomato harvester in the company's shop. After greasing, the harvester was started to permit visual checking of the tension of various belt and chain drives. A towel in Employee #1's right hand became caught in a chain, and then his hand became entangled in the sprocket drives. He was transported to Woodland Memorial Hospital and later transferred for hospitalization at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco for treatment of amputated index and middle fingers.

Keywords: CHAIN, MAINTENANCE, AMPUTATED, BELT, FINGER, CAUGHT BY, DRIVER, HARVESTER, SPROCKET

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120349873			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Farm workers

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