OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221366396
PRODUCE INNOVATIONS/LOFFREDO GARDENS/LOFFREDO FRESH PRODUCE
NORWALK, IA·
Event description
Employee lacerates fingertip while clearing plastic jam on b
Investigation abstract
At 3:30 p.m. on June 21, 2021, Employee #1 was performing initial plastic bag setup on a Triangle bagging machine (Model XM15C/A61254F2, Serial #124533/124532). He noticed the plastic bag was jamming on the seal bar and opened the front doors of the machine to remove built-up plastic. During the process, the seal bar closed and made contact with his right hand, resulting in a laceration to the middle fingertip. The employee was treated without hospitalization.
Victim
-
#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 23 M
- Event type
- 2
- Occupation code
- 779
Codes shown verbatim from OSHA's accident-investigation database. A human-readable decoder is coming in a future release once the accident_lookup2 dictionary is loaded.