OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221371701

PROPORTION FOODS, LLC.

ROUND ROCK, TX· 2021-07-12T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Belt Conveyor, Catch Point, Caught By, Caught In, Conveyor, Conveyor Belt, Finger, Gear, Glove, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Lack of Work Procedures, Machine Guarding, Removing, Sprocket, Staffing Agency, Temporary, Temporary Employment Agency, Temporary Worker, Traumatic Amputation
NAICS: 311999
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345419154
Employer profile: PROPORTION FOODS, LLC.
Summary number: 221371701
Report ID: 0625400

Event description

Employee amputates finger when caught in conveyor gear sproc

Investigation abstract

At 10:45 p.m. on July 12, 2021, an employee working as a temporary employee hired on through a staffing agency was working at a client site. The employee caught his left glove in the gear sprocket of a Holac Line Conveyor #6 while removing product from the belt. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for an amputated left index finger.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 40 M

Event type
2

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