Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201494937 - Employee's Hand Is Injured When Caught in Conveyor

Accident Summary Nr: 201494937 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 02/28/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315068817	04/08/2011	2022	311513	Saputo Cheese Usa Inc

Abstract: At 9:30 p.m. on February 28, 2011, Employee #1, a packaging line worker with Saputo Cheese USA, Inc., was transferring blocks of cheese from the brine exit conveyor to another conveyor line. Her oversized glove became caught in the metal link sections of the brine exit conveyor system and pulled into a nip point between the conveyors. Employee #1's thumb was fractured.

Keywords: FRACTURE, GLOVE, CAUGHT BY, THUMB, FOOD PACKAGING MACH, CONVEYOR, NIP POINT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	315068817			Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Production helpers

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