OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221426620

HARVEY PALLET MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC

WEST DES MOINES, IA· 2021-10-01T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Chain, Conveyor, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Energized, Finger, Fingertip, Guard, Inexperience, Installing, Instantaneous amputation, Insufficient Supervision, Jammed, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pallet, Partial Amputation, Pinched, Power Roller, Sprocket, Traumatic Amputation
NAICS: 321920
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345720692
Employer profile: HARVEY PALLET MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC
Summary number: 221426620
Report ID: 0751910

Event description

Employee amputates two fingertips while installing guard on

Investigation abstract

At 7:00 a.m. on October 1, 2021, an employee working for a pallet manufacturer guard without applying lockout/tagout. The employee caught his right hand in the moving chain drive. He amputated his ring and middle fingertips. The employee was transported to the hospital, where he was treated and released without being admitted. was operating a CDLR Chain Driven Live Roller Conveyor. The roller conveyor has a 3/4-Horsepower (HP) motor and operates at 1,750 revolutions per minute (RPM) at 480 Volts (V)/60 Hertz (Hz)/3 Phase (PH) and 51 Amperes (Amp) and is equipped with 44-inch rollers. The employee was attempting to free a pallet which was hung up on the lip of the flat cover over the chain drive (guard) on the machine. The employee pushed the pallet loose and the chain drive guard, which was not secure because it was missing a bolt, shifted and exposed the moving chain and sprocket inside. The employee attempted to reinstall the chain drive

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 41 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
889

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