OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221408321

ROSE & SHORE, INC.

VERNON, CA· 2021-06-23T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Blind Reaching, Caught Between, Caught In, Cleaning, Conveyor, Finger, Food processing, Gear, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Lack of Work Procedures, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Safety Device, Sanitation, Staffing Agency, Standing, Temporary, Temporary Employment Agency, Temporary Worker, Traumatic Amputation, Unguarded
NAICS: 311611
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345409296
Employer profile: ROSE & SHORE, INC.
Summary number: 221408321
Report ID: 0950635

Event description

Employee partially amputates finger when caught in conveyor

Investigation abstract

At 2:30 a.m. on June 23, 2021, an employee was working as a sanitation worker supervisor and sanitation supervisor, was working onsite. He was putting a machine inside a trailer at the receiving dock when the incident occurred. The employee was hospitalized to treat a partially amputated left index finger. for a full line food processor specializing in cooked deli meat items and prepared foods. The employee was assigned to the facility by a temporary agency. The employee was cleaning a drain located next to a conveyor infeed in the pizza room. The employee took the cover off the drain and then stood up. He was reached out trying to hold onto something at which time he put his left hand in between the unguarded running gears of the machinery. Coworker #1, who was cleaning the conveyor, belt forgot to put the cover back on the gears after cleaning them. Coworker #1 witnessed the incident. Coworker #2, the immediate

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 39 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
453

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