OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221418536

RICH PRODUCTS CORPORATION

SANTA ANA, CA· 2021-09-07T00:00:00

Event: Arm, Caught By, Contusion, Conveyor, Conveyor Belt, Elbow, Food processing, Forearm, Hand, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Manufacturing, Neck, Press Operator, Production Line, Pulled In, Rash, Shoulder, Skin
NAICS: 311812
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345532535
Employer profile: RICH PRODUCTS CORPORATION
Summary number: 221418536
Report ID: 0950631

Event description

Employee sustains rashes and bruises when pulled into convey

Investigation abstract

At 9:50 a.m. on September 7, 2021, an employee working as a line monitor for a commercial bakery was working on Production Line #2 operating the Arr-Tech Model LFA89B31 Press Machine. The employee reached into a running conveyor belt to retrieve a defective pita bread when conveyor belt caught her hand and pulled her arm into the press. Coworker #1 and Coworker #2, both line monitors, and Coworker #3, the team leader were working in the area at the time. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for a skin rash and bruises on her forearm, shoulder, and neck from contact with the moving conveyor belt.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 47 F

Event type
2

Occupation code
754

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