OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #673228
FARMLAND FOODS INC.
CARROLL, IA·
Event description
FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN BELT AND PULLEY
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS MIXING SPICES. THE V BELT DRIVE ON THE MIXER WAS SLIPPING, SO TH E EMPLOYEE OPENED THE DOOR ON THE GUARD AND TOOK HOLD OF THE BELT TO START IT. W HEN IT STARTED, THE EMPLOYEE'S FINGER WAS PULLED IN BETWEEN THE BELT AND THE PUL LEY. PART OF HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER WAS AMPUTATED.
Victim
-
#1 Hospitalized Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 756
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 2
Codes shown verbatim from OSHA's accident-investigation database. A human-readable decoder is coming in a future release once the accident_lookup2 dictionary is loaded.