OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221438955

YUTSI M. GARCIA AND JAIME A. GARCIA IBARRA

RICHGROVE, CA· 2021-09-14T00:00:00

Event: Agriculture, Agriculture Machinery/Vehicle, Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Crushed, Elevator, Farm, Farm Machinery, Farm worker, Finger, Inexperience, Instantaneous amputation, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Thumb, Traumatic Amputation, Unsafe Position
NAICS: 115115
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345664601
Employer profile: YUTSI M. GARCIA AND JAIME A. GARCIA IBARRA
Summary number: 221438955
Report ID: 0950647

Event description

Employee amputates thumb, crushes finger when caught in mach

Investigation abstract

At 8:40 a.m. on September 14, 2021, an employee working for a farm labor employee was hospitalized to treat a thumb amputation and a crush injury to his index finger. staffing company was working at a client site. The employee was utilizing a shovel to push built up pistachios from the bottom of an elevator bin onto the elevator. The employee was standing on the sidestep of the elevator machine close to the nut bank out carrier machine when he rested his hand on the side of the elevator. Suddenly the door of the bank out carrier closed on his right hand and crushed two fingers. Coworker #1 who was operating the bank out immediately opened the unloading door and released the employee when he heard him yelling in pain. Coworker #2, the supervisor, transported the employee to hospital. The

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 17 M

Event type
2

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