Inspection Detail

Inspection: 119799344 - Stanislaus Food Products

Inspection Information - Office: American Canyon District Office

Inspection Nr: 119799344

Report ID: 0950622

Date Opened: 06/10/1996

Site Address:
Stanislaus Food Products
2454 Nathan
Modesto, CA 95353

Mailing Address:
P. O. Box 3951, Modesto, CA 95354

Union Status: Union

SIC:2033

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 07/25/1996

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 10/16/1996

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	361397425

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 170762488

Event: 05/09/1996

Employee's finger crushed in depalletizer

On May 9, 1996, Employee #1, an experienced depalletizer operator, was trying to remove a slipsheet with her left hand while operating a control panel joystick to elevate stacked cans to an electromagnetic transfer device. The joystick was a constant contact control device that returned to a neutral center position when released. Employee #1's left index finger became caught and was crushed between the rising pallet of stacked cans and the electromagnetic transfer device. There was no indication of control failure. The standard operating procedure was to pull the slipsheets before elevating. Employee #1 had reached around an expanded metal guard designed to prevent inadvertent contact.

Keywords: FINGER, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, MECH MAT HANDLING

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119799344			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Machine operators, not specified

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