OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14443055
DIBRELL BROTHERS INC
RINGGOLD, VA—
Event description
Employee's finger fractured in conveyor belt
Investigation abstract
Employee # 1, a floor sweeper, was cleaning the floor around the #2 picking line . She noticed some tobacco leaves had accumulated at the pulley housing for the take-away conveyor, located 9 in. above the floor inside a 1 3/4 in. wide by 5 1 /2 in. long opening for air cleaning. When Employee #1 stuck her left hand into the cleaning opening, her fingers became caught in the conveyor belt, fracturing her middle finger. It was a coworker's responsibility to clean out this area wi th an air hose.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 63 F
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 863
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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