OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221377740

RICH PRODUCTS CORPORATION

CREST HILL, IL· 2021-07-30T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Caught By, Changing, Energized, Finger, Fingertip, Food processing, Instantaneous amputation, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Manufacturing, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Production Line, Pump, Reaching In, Replacing, Running, Shear, Sheared, Traumatic Amputation
NAICS: 311412
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345455786
Employer profile: RICH PRODUCTS CORPORATION
Summary number: 221377740
Report ID: 0521700

Event description

Employee amputates fingertip when reaching into running pump

Investigation abstract

At 6:00 p.m. on July 30, 2021, an employee working as a machine operator for a frozen food manufacturer was performing a sauce change over on Line 2. The employee reached into the Waukesha pump to replace a flex hose and stainless steel hardline while the pump was running. The employee's left middle finger was caught by the rotating blade in the pump. The employee amputated his fingertip requiring medical treatment without hospitalization.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 30 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
779

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