OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #970806
WILSON PRODUCTS CO
SALT LAKE CITY, UT·
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 Male
- Nature of injury
- Fracture (12)
- Part of body
- FINGER(S) (10)
- Accident type
- CAUGHT IN OR BETWEEN (2)
- Source of injury
- MACHINE (26)
- Occupation
- Crushing and grinding machine operators (768)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- SQUEEZE POINT ACTION (4)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
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