OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221358872

AGFINITY FEED, LLC

EATON, CO· 2021-05-20T00:00:00

Event: Agriculture, Blade, Broken Bone, Caught Between, Caught In, Chute, Clearing, Feed Mill, Finger, Food processing, Fracture, Hand, Hand Tool, Inexperience, Lost Balance, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Rotating Parts, Shear, Sheared, Thumb
NAICS: 311119
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345334486
Employer profile: AGFINITY FEED, LLC
Summary number: 221358872
Report ID: 0830500

Event description

Employee breaks thumb when caught in blades clearing air loc

Investigation abstract

At 1:30 p.m. on May 20, 2021, an employee working for an animal feed manufacturer was attempting to clear a rotary air lock by knocking it with a stick while standing on a pile of feed. The employee lost his balance and when he went to catch himself, he caught his hand caught in the rotary blades on the output chute of the air lock. The employee was hospitalized to treat a broken thumb.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 25 M

Event type
2

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