OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221478423

GEMPERLE EGG PACKING CO. INC.

HILMAR, CA· 2022-01-24T00:00:00

Event: Abrasion, Caught Between, Contusion, Crushed, Cut, Engineering Controls, Finger, Food processing, Hand, Inexperience, Insufficient Supervision, Laceration, Lack of Engineering Controls, Malfunction, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pinched, Storage Rack, Stuck, Supervision, Thumb, Unstable Position
NAICS: 112310
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345804702
Employer profile: GEMPERLE EGG PACKING CO. INC.
Summary number: 221478423
Report ID: 0950624

Event description

Employee crushes thumb when caught between sliding rack and

Investigation abstract

At 10:00 a.m. on January 24, 2022, an employee was working at an egg production and the edge of the rack. The employee crushed his thumb and was transported to the hospital, where he was admitted for treatment. facility that ships packaged eggs to external customers. The employee was unloading pallets of eggs from sliding "push-back" racks. This type of rack allows multiple pallets to be placed, and when removed, the next pallet slides into the front position on the sliding portion of the rack. The employee was unloading a pallet of eggs when the next pallet in the rack failed to advance. The employee dismounted the forklift he was operating and climbed the rack to reach the stuck pallet. The employee then used his hand to free the pallet and when it broke free it crushed the employee's left thumb between the rack slide

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 34 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
364

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