OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #656629
STRAWBERRIES, INC.
BOSTON, MA·
Event description
FINGERS AMPUTATED WHEN CAUGHT IN NIP POINT
Investigation abstract
A SMALL BELT CONVEYOR, APPROXIMATELY 6 INCHES WIDE, USED TO TRANSFER AUDIO CASSE TTE TAPES FROM STORAGE RACKS TO THE CASHIER, BROKE DOWN. EMPLOYEE #1 TRIED TO GE T THE SLIPPING SPROCKET-CHAIN DRIVE TO ENGAGE. HE PLACED HIS FINGERS BEHIND THE IN-RUNNING NIP POINT OF THE SPROCKET CHAIN. WHEN IT ENGAGED HIS HAND WAS PULLED INTO THE SPROCKET. FOUR FINGERS ON HIS LEFT HAND WERE AMPUTATED.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 2
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