OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14298335
CHESAPEAKE FOODS, INC.
BERLIN, MD·
Event description
EMPLOYEE'S FINGERS CAUGHT IN CHICKEN PROCESSING MACHINE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CLEANING A CHICKEN GIZZARD PROCESSING MACHINE. THE MACHINE IS FU EEN THEM. HOWEVER, THE DAMAGE TO HIS FINGERS WAS SO GREAT THAT THEY HAD TO BE AM PUTATED UP TO THE FIRST JOINT DURING SURGERY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. LLY AUTOMATIC AND IS EQUIPPED WITH HINGED COVERS WHICH ENCLOSE THE MOVING PARTS OF THE MACHINE. THE COVERS WERE OPEN AND THE MACHINE WAS RUNNING WHILE THE EMPLO YEE WAS CLEANING IT. HE WAS WEARING GLOVES AND USING AN ABRASIVE SCRUBBING PAD T O CLEAN THE MACHINE. HE WAS SCRUBBING A METAL BAR MOUNTED OVER TWO 2 1/2 INCH DI AMETER, 25 1/2 INCH LONG METAL ROLLERS. WHILE HE WAS WIPING THE METAL BAR HIS GL OVE CONTACTED THE ROTATING ROLLERS. HIS RIGHT HAND WAS PULLED INTO THE ROLLERS A ND THE ENDS OF HIS FIRST, MIDDLE AND RING FINGERS WERE SEVERLY CRUSHED. HE WAS A BLE TO PULL HIS HAND OUT OF THE ROTATING ROLLERS THROUGH THE 1/4 INCH SPACE BETW
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 863
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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