OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #745885

CHAIN,AMPUTATED,FINGER,GLOVE,WORK RULES,CLEANING,MEAT SLICING MACHINE,SLIP,HOUSEKEEPING,UNGUARDED

1988-10-12T00:00:00

Event: CHAIN,AMPUTATED,FINGER,GLOVE,WORK RULES,CLEANING,MEAT SLICING MACHINE,SLIP,HOUSEKEEPING,UNGUARDED
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 745885
Report ID: 352430

Event description

Employee's finger amputated in chain drive

Investigation abstract

On October 12, 1988, Employee #1, a sanitation worker, was cleaning several vacu um bacon slicers. He said that he slipped on a piece of bacon and slid into the chain drive located underneath the conveyor. His glove became caught in the chai n drive and his left little finger was amputated. Employee #1 was hospitalized. The chain drive was partially guarded.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 32 M

Nature of injury
1

Part of body
10

Event type
2

Source
26

Occupation code
453

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
2

Task assigned
1

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