OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221472095
SILVER LION FARMS LLC
ELY, NV·
Event description
Worker cleaning hemp bucker suffers amputation of fingertip
Investigation abstract
At 2:33 p.m. on December 27, 2021, an employee was working at a hemp farm. He finger. He was hospitalized. was cleaning a bucker machine. An industrial cannabis or hemp bucker is a machine that removes flowers and leaves from the stalks of harvested plants for further processing. Technicians insert the lower end of a branch or stalk into a hole on the bucker. A roller mechanism grabs the stalk, and the rollers pull the branch through forcefully. As the branch moves through the hole, flowers are de-stemmed or "de-boned." The employee was cleaning the bucker while the machine was still running. The middle finger on his right hand became caught between the rubber rollers of the machine. He suffered the amputation of the tip of that
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 36 M
- Event type
- 2
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