OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221377351

CHEWY, INC.

OCALA, FL· 2021-07-20T00:00:00

Event: Burn, Catch Point, Caught Between, Caught By, Contusion, Conveyor, Crushed, Distracted, Engineering Controls, Finger, Glove, Hand, Lack of Engineering Controls, Machine Guarding, Material Handling, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Pinch Point, Pinched, Power Roller, Pulled In, Roller Conveyor, Roller--Mach/Part, Unsafe Position
NAICS: 311111
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345454011
Employer profile: CHEWY, INC.
Summary number: 221377351
Report ID: 0420600

Event description

Employee burns, injures fingers when caught in conveyor roll

Investigation abstract

At 3:45 a.m. on July 20, 2021, an employee working as a stock handler for a pet supply retailer was assisting or providing tips to a new coworker. The employee placed her right hand near a conveyor when the powered rollers caught her hand and pulled it into the machinery. The employee was trapped by the machine requiring that the rollers be removed to free her hand. The employee was hospitalized to treat friction burns to her fingers and internal damage that required surgery to her ring finger.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 19 F

Event type
2

Occupation code
877

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