OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221356546

SHEARER'S FOODS INC

NEWPORT, AR· 2021-05-08T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Auger, Auger Mechanism, Caught By, Cleaning, Door, Finger, Food processing, Hand, Inexperience, Instantaneous amputation, Knuckle, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Sanitation, Traumatic Amputation
NAICS: 311919
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345313027
Employer profile: SHEARER'S FOODS INC
Summary number: 221356546
Report ID: 0627100

Event description

Employee amputates finger when caught in auger during cleani

Investigation abstract

At 1:30 p.m. on May 8, 2021, an employee working for a snack food manufacture was starting the sanitation prep for line 7 corn mill mixer. The employee opened the bottom of the mixer inspection door to remove product when the auger caught her left hand fingers. The employee had not followed the employer LOTO procedures. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputated middle finger at the joint and a fractured of index finger at the first joint.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 25 F

Event type
2

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