Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170865539 - Employee's fingers injured when caught in conveyor belt

Accident Summary Nr: 170865539 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 11/07/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125866210	02/10/1998	2064	0	Herman Goelitz Candy Company, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, the operator of a jelly bean printer at the Herman Goelitz candy manufacturing plant, was testing the print marks on the dark candy. She was trying to catch some of the candy from the end of the moving conveyor when her right hand became caught between the conveyor and the space bar. Her ring finger was fractured and her other fingers sustained multiple scrapes.

Keywords: FRACTURE, FINGER, BELT CONVEYOR, CAUGHT BETWEEN, ABRASION, CONVEYOR, CONVEYOR BELT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125866210			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Miscelaneous food preparation occupations

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