Abstract: On October 11, 2011, Employee #1, with a commercial bakery and copack operation, was working at the spiral cooling conveyor discharge in the pita processing area. The cooling conveyor system consisted of two parallel conveyors that carried freshly baked pitas directly from the ovens to the bagger in-feed tables for packaging. To facilitate air circulation and sufficient cooling of the pitas prior to bagging, the cooling conveyors each consisted of an open wire belt and affixed side chain. The gap between the conveyors and the tables would allow some of the pitas to fall through onto the floor. The supervisors had been providing frequent reminders to the employees try to prevent pitas from falling through the gap and thereby waste product. Due to this pressure from supervisors, employees would reach and grab pitas from the conveyor before they reached the gap. As Employee #1 reached for a pita, her right middle finger penetrated the open wire belt and was pinched between the chain at the edge of the conveyor and the conveyor's tail pulley sprocket. Employee #1 was hospitalized for a partial amputation of the finger. The cause of the incident was the unguarded pinch point. In addition, the employees were not trained how to shut off the conveyor in an emergency.