OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14455174

RALSTON PURINA COMPANY - DAVENPORT PLANT

DAVENPORT, IA· 1986-09-29T00:00:00

Event: MAINTENANCE, ROTATING PARTS, AMPUTATED, FINGER, WORK RULES, LOCKOUT, CLOGGED, VALVE
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #101939411
Employer profile: RALSTON PURINA COMPANY - DAVENPORT PLANT
Summary number: 14455174
Report ID: 751910

Event description

Tips of employee's fingers amputated by rotary valve

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was helping a coworker unplug a cyclone and rotary valve. He removed a guard from the rotary valve and stuck his hand inside, not realizing the valv e was still running. The tips of his fingers were amputated. There was a lockout procedure for the operation, but it was neither enforced nor followed.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 61 M

Nature of injury
1

Part of body
10

Event type
2

Source
26

Occupation code
755

Human factor
9

Environmental factor
1

Task assigned
1

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