OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221382435

PITMAN FAMILY FARMS

SANGER, CA· 2021-05-30T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Cleaning, Energized, Finger, Fingertip, Food processing, Hand Tool, Instantaneous amputation, Jammed, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Meat Processing, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Stuck, Traumatic Amputation
NAICS: 112340
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345434062
Employer profile: PITMAN FAMILY FARMS
Summary number: 221382435
Report ID: 0950625

Event description

Employee amputates fingertip in poultry processing machine

Investigation abstract

At 3:30 p.m. on May 30, 2021, an employee working as a painter for a poultry processor was trying to unjam a heart de-fatter machine. The employee was using an improvised hook that had a loop at the end. The machine was running while the employee tried to clean the machine. The employee got his right middle finger stuck in the hook during the process causing him to catch his finger in the machine. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for an amputated fingertip.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 40 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
579

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