Inspection Detail

Inspection: 307456780 - Windsor Foods

Inspection Information - Office: San Bernardino District Office

Inspection Nr: 307456780

Report ID: 0950633

Date Opened: 05/13/2005

Site Address:
Windsor Foods
3038 Pleasant Street
Riverside, CA 92507

Mailing Address:
4200 Concours Dr, Ontario, CA 91764

Union Status: Union

SIC:5142

NAICS: 424420/Packaged Frozen Food Merchant Wholesalers

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 09/09/2005

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 10/17/2005

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	102441607

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 202441218

Event: 04/09/2005

Employee's finger is amputated in conveyer

On April 9, 2005, Employee #1 was working for a frozen Mexican specialty foods manufacturer. The food products are cooked, formed by hand and automated. The product is fried and quick frozen. The product goes from fabrication by a long conveyor to the fryers and freezers. The employee was cleaning the sprocket chain drive system, between Line 1 and the number 2 Fryer. The chain drive has an on/off switch and an emergency switch. Both switches need to be turned off prior to cleaning the guard covering the sprocket chain drive. If the emergency stop is not turned off, the belt can be started by turning on the switch at the transfer conveyor belt between the fryer and the freezer. The conveyor belt is cleaned by turning the switch on/off to jog it. A coworker was cleaning the conveyor and turned the power on. The employee's fingers were caught in the moving chain/belt system. He amputated his right index and middle fingers, at the first joints. He was taken to the hospital, where surgeons reattached the severed portion of his index finger. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: SEVERED, AMPUTATED, FOOD PREPARATION, FINGER, CAUGHT BY, FOOD PACKAGING MACH, LOCKOUT, CONVEYOR

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	307456780			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Laborers, except construction

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