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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221423882

TIMBUK FARMS, INC.

Event
Amputated, Amputation, Conveyor, Finger, Fingertip, Partial Amputation, Pinched
NAICS
111421
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#345703110
Employer profile
TIMBUK FARMS, INC.
Summary number
221423882
Report ID
0522500

Event description

Employee amputates finger in conveyor

Investigation abstract

At 10:30 a.m. on December 20, 2021, Employee #1 was working on Line 3 conveyor to plant cuttings in 80-count plastic trays. Employee #1 was working where two conveyors come together on Line 3, when Employee #1 reached to adjust a sideways planter and Employee #1's gloved hand went into a gap between the conveyor and roller and was pulled into the in-going nip point and pinched. Employee #1's right ring finger was amputated and was treated without requiring hospitalization.

Victim

  1. #1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 19 F

    Event type
    2

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