OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221361868

TJ & TJ, LLC.

ACKLEY, IA· 2021-05-21T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Bucket, Caught In, Contact, Finger, Fingertip, Food processing, Hand, Inexperience, Instantaneous amputation, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Meat Processing, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Power Roller, Production Line, Pulling, Roller--Mach/Part, Traumatic Amputation
NAICS: 311612
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345353965
Employer profile: TJ & TJ, LLC.
Summary number: 221361868
Report ID: 0751910

Event description

Employees amputates two fingertips in roll stock machine

Investigation abstract

At 7:03 p.m. on May 21, 2021, an employee working for a meat processing facility had run the top film around the rollers while setting up a Roll Stock Model R1-420 (Serial Number: 99412018) machine for production. The employee was pulling the top film down under the guard to make contact with the bottom film when the forming bucket lifted and caught the employee's right hand. The employee received treatment without hospitalization for amputated middle and ring fingertips.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 24 M

Event type
2

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