OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14453245
E. J. BRACHS & SONS INC.
DAVENPORT, IA·
Event description
FINGER AMPUTATED BY CANDY CUTTING MACHINE
Investigation abstract
THE EMPLOYEES WERE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH A MACHINE WHICH CUTS AND WRAPS CANDY WHI CH FEEDS OUT OF A SMALL CHUTE. THEY WERE CLEANING OUT THE CHUTE AND THE WRAPPING SECTION. THE EMPLOYEE WHO WAS CLEANING OUT THE WRAPPING SECTION FINISHED THE JO B AND TURNED THE MACHINE BACK ON WITHOUT CHECKING TO SEE IF THE OTHER EMPLOYEE ( EMPLOYEE #1) HAD FINISHED CLEANING THE CHUTE. EMPLOYEE #1'S FINGER WAS AMPUTATED BY A ROTATING KNIFE AT THE POINT WHERE THE CANDY COMES OUT OF THE CHUTE. THE PO INT OF OPERATION WAS GUARDED BUT NOT INTERLOCKED.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 755
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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