OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221393416

SMITHFIELD FARMLAND

CRETE, NE· 2021-09-07T00:00:00

Event: Belt, Caught In, Conveyor Belt, Crushed, Energized, Finger, Food processing, Hand, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Maintenance, Manufacturing, Meat Processing, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Replace, Replacing, Sprocket, Technician, Unsafe Position
NAICS: 311611
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345539985
Employer profile: SMITHFIELD FARMLAND
Summary number: 221393416
Report ID: 0728900

Event description

Employee crushes hand while replacing belt on energized conv

Investigation abstract

At 3:30 a.m. on September 7, 2021, an employee working as a maintenance technician for a meat processing facility was replacing a conveyor belt. The belt was restarted before his hand was free of conveyor sprockets. The employee was hospitalized to treat a crushed hand including his fingers.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 25 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
549

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