Vons Bread Plant: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Jan 17, 2019: Employee amputates finger while running conveyor belt

At approximately 3:30 p.m. on January 17, 2019, an employee was on his lunch break in the break room. The employee was performing his regular duties as an oven operator on the bread line and then went to lunch. The employee left the breakroom during his lunch break and went to the conveyor I-015 where the maintenance mechanic had placed a tool cart. The coworker left the immediate area to get some oil to lubricate a part on the conveyor. The employee took pliers from the coworker's cart, removed a safety guard from conveyor I-015, and placed his right index finger onto the running conveyor belt. The employee's finger was pulled into the pulley and sustained an amputation of the right index fingertip, and the employee was not hospitalized.