Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1577058.015 - Fareway Stores, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Iowa 0751910

Inspection Nr: 1577058.015

Report ID: 0751910

Date Opened: 02/08/2022

Site Address:
Fareway Stores, Inc.
109 East Marion Street
Manchester, IA 52057

Mailing Address:
2300 Industrial Park Road, Boone, IA 50036

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 445110/Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 04/28/2022

Emphasis: S:Amputate

Case Closed: 05/03/2022

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1861829	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 145569.015

Event: 02/01/2022

Grocery worker's fingertip is caught in belt and amputated

At 4:43 p.m. on Tuesday, February 1, 2022, an employee was working for a regional chain of supermarkets. She was fourteen years old. She was standing next to coworkers at a checkout counter, or checkstand, in one the chain's stores. The tip of the small finger on her right hand became caught in the checkstand belt. She suffered an injury to the fingertip and distal (second) joint of that finger. She was hospitalized. Her fingertip was amputated.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Belt, Caught In, Conveyor Belt, Fingertip, Grocery Store, Inexperience, Machine Guarding, Retail, Retail Clerk, Retail Store

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1577058.015	14	F	Hospitalized injury

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