OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221371206

TAYLOR FARMS RETAIL, INC.

SALINAS, CA· 2021-07-12T00:00:00

Event: Agriculture, Agriculture Machinery/Vehicle, Amputated, Amputation, Blind Reaching, Catch Point, Caught By, Farm, Farm Machinery, Farm worker, Finger, Food Handling, Glove, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Jammed, Lack of Work Procedures, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Material Handling, Packaging, Packaging Machine, Packaging Machinery, Puncture, Puncture Wound, Reaching In, Rotating Parts, Rotating Shaft, Thumb, Traumatic Amputation, Welder
NAICS: 111998
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345414874
Employer profile: TAYLOR FARMS RETAIL, INC.
Summary number: 221371206
Report ID: 0950612

Event description

Employee amputates two fingers when pulled into labeling mac

Investigation abstract

At 5:54 a.m. on July 12, 2021, an employee working as a machine operator for a transported to the hospital, where she was admitted with an amputated thumb and a lacerated pinky finger. crop farming operation was performing leaf vegetable packaging. The employee was standing in front of a FIRM ultrasonic welder labeling machine. The employee was ensuring labels were placed correctly and was pulling out bad containers from the conveyer. She noticed that lids from the machine were getting jammed inside the machine, so she reached inside to un-jam the machine. The machine caught her left hand. The employee was wearing two sets of gloves with nylon gloves on the inside and nitrile gloves on the outside. The rotating spike shaft caught her left nylon glove pulling in her thumb into the machine. The employee was

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 53 F

Event type
2

Occupation code
754

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