OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221372519

WENGER FEEDS, LLC

RHEEMS, PA· 2021-07-10T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Contusion, Crushed, Engineering Controls, Feed Mill, Finger, Food processing, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Laceration, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine operator, Manufacturing, Mill--Plant, Milling Machine, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Power Roller, Production Line, Roller--Mach/Part, Traumatic Amputation
NAICS: 311119
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345423842
Employer profile: WENGER FEEDS, LLC
Summary number: 221372519
Report ID: 0316700

Event description

Employee amputates finger, crushes hand in machine rollers

Investigation abstract

At 12:30 a.m. on July 10, 2021, an employee working as a plant operator for an animal feed manufacturer was getting ready to clear a jam at the pellet mill. The employee opened a door to the machine before it had come to a complete stop catching his right hand in the rollers. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for a crushed right hand and amputated index finger.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 46 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
699

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