OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221454945

STANISLAUS FARM SUPPLY COMPANY

FRESNO, CA· 2022-02-23T00:00:00

Event: Adjust, Amputation, Caught Between, Caught In, Climbing, Cut, Drag Chain Conveyor, Drive Shaft, Energized, Fertilizer Mixing, Finger, Laceration, Partial Amputation, Repair, Slip
NAICS: 325314
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345902563
Employer profile: STANISLAUS FARM SUPPLY COMPANY
Summary number: 221454945
Report ID: 0950625

Event description

Employee partially amputates finger while calibrating energi

Investigation abstract

At 10:00 a.m. on February 23, 2022, an employee was repairing and adjusting equipment. Specifically, the employee was calibrating an AG 100 Spreader, fertilizer spreader machine, while it was running. The employee climbed onto the machine to adjust it while it was moving and slipped, causing the finger to get caught in the drive chain. The employee was treated at the hospital for a partial amputation of the right index finger.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 62 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
864

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