OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221386105

HILL'S PET NUTRITION, INC.

EMPORIA, KS· 2021-08-24T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Caught By, Caught In, Finger, Fingertip, Food processing, Hand, Hose, Inexperience, Instantaneous amputation, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine operator, Manufacturing, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Production Line, Removing, Traumatic Amputation, Valve
NAICS: 311111
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345501258
Employer profile: HILL'S PET NUTRITION, INC.
Summary number: 221386105
Report ID: 0729700

Event description

Employee amputates fingertip when caught in rotary valve air

Investigation abstract

At 3:30 p.m. on August 24, 2021, an employee working for a pet food manufacturer was removing a vent hose clamped onto a rotary valve airlock. The employee inserted his left hand into the equipment while it was running. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputation to his index fingertip.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 42 M

Event type
2

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