OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221360217

WONTON FOOD CORPORATION

HOUSTON, TX· 2021-05-29T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Bracket, Caught Between, Caught By, Engineering Controls, Finger, Food processing, Instantaneous amputation, Laceration, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Metal, Mold, Molding Machine, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Reaching In, Traumatic Amputation
NAICS: 311999
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345344840
Employer profile: WONTON FOOD CORPORATION
Summary number: 221360217
Report ID: 0626700

Event description

Employee amputates finger by machine part and guard bracket

Investigation abstract

At 7:50 a.m. on May 29, 2021, an employee working as a machine operator for a food manufacturer was monitoring fortune cookies being molded. The employee reached into a mold with his right ring finger to remove a deformed cookie and the employee caught his finger between a reciprocating part and a metal bracket in the machine guard. The employee partially amputated his finger and was hospitalized.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 52 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
779

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