OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221358062

COMARCO PRODUCTS OF FL LLC

PALATKA, FL· 2021-05-08T00:00:00

Event: Catch Point, Caught By, Caught In, Clearing, Climbing on Ladder, Conveyor, Cut, Finger, Food processing, Fracture, Freezer, Grate, Jammed, Laceration, Lack of Work Procedures, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine operator, Material Handling, Metal, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pinch Point, Pinched
NAICS: 311991
Inspection type: Complaint
Activity number: #345326284
Employer profile: COMARCO PRODUCTS OF FL LLC
Summary number: 221358062
Report ID: 0419700

Event description

Employee lacerates finger when caught in food conveyor grate

Investigation abstract

At 5:30 a.m. on May 8, 2021, an employee working for a food manufacturer was climbing a ladder to access and clear a jam between the exit freezer conveyor and the receiving conveyor. The employee did not turn off the conveyor before reaching into the machine. The metal grating on the freezer conveyor caught the employee's finger. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for a severe cut and laceration to his finger.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 56 M

Event type
2

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