OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221445570

JAIME ACEVEDO QUILES

GUANICA, PR· 2022-02-23T00:00:00

Event: Agriculture, Amputated, Amputation, Conveyor, Farm, Finger, Fruit Packing, Jammed, Manual Mat Handling, Packing House, Point Of Operation, Reach, Reaching, Thumb
NAICS: 111339
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345802722
Employer profile: JAIME ACEVEDO QUILES
Summary number: 221445570
Report ID: 0257250

Event description

Employee's thumb is amputated while packing onions

Investigation abstract

At 9:10 a.m. on February 23, 2022, an employee was working at an onion farm. He was packing onions in a packing machine. An onion got stuck in the conveyor, and the employee reached in to pull it out. The thumb on his left hand was amputated. He was treated without hospitalization.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 28 M

Event type
14

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