OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221390818

180 SNACKS INC.

ANAHEIM, CA· 2021-08-30T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Conveyor, Conveyor Belt, Disinfectant, Energized, Entangled, Finger, Food processing, Hand, Inexperience, Injury Illness Prevention Program, Instantaneous amputation, Laborer, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Pinch Point, Pinched, Pulled In, Rag, Struck By, Traumatic Amputation
NAICS: 311911
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345527964
Employer profile: 180 SNACKS INC.
Summary number: 221390818
Report ID: 0950631

Event description

Employee cleaning belt amputates finger when pulled into con

Investigation abstract

At 5:45 p.m. on August 30, 2021, an employee working as a line worker for a pulled into the machine. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for an amputated index finger. snack food manufacturer was working in the sorting and roasting department. The employee has been working for the employer for over a year. A coworker, supervisor, assigned the employee the task of cleaning the conveyor belt at the AC Horn Roasting machine #1, shop number 2020-05601-02. The employee sprayed the conveyor belt with liquid disinfection and started to wipe the machine with a cloth. There were no coworkers working in the area at the time and therefore no witnesses. The employee failed to deenergized the machine as trained. The rag she was using became entangled in the machinery and caused his left hand to be

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 44 F

Event type
1

Occupation code
889

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