OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #970806
GRINDER,FRACTURE,FINGER,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BY,LOCKOUT,LACERATION,HAND,HOPPER
Event description
Employee's finger fractured and cut in grinder
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 on the swing shift was completing the grinding of cooked beans to be ployee #1 sustained an open fracture of the first joint and a cut along the bott om of his fingernail that required four stitches. used in burritos. Using a Butcher Boy grinder, Employee #1 was standing on a 12 in. high milk carton. The top of the feed area was 48 in. from the floor and it was 30 in. from the top edge to the bottom screw end and 11 in. from the top to the bottom of the hopper. The screw opening was 17 in. by 13 1/2 in. across the top. Although the controls were in front of him within easy reach, Employee #1 did not turn off the machine before putting his hands in the hopper area. Employ ee #1 was over 6 ft in height. Employee #1 was pushing the last few beans into t he screw with his hand when his left index finger became caught in the screw. Em
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 768
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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