OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221393853

KENT PRECISION FOODS GROUP, INC.

BOLINGBROOK, IL· 2021-09-13T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Catch Point, Caught In, Finger, Fingertip, Food processing, Gear, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Packaging, Packaging Machine, Packaging Machinery, Partial Amputation, Pulled In, Thumb, Traumatic Amputation
NAICS: 311423
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345542021
Employer profile: KENT PRECISION FOODS GROUP, INC.
Summary number: 221393853
Report ID: 0521700

Event description

Employee amputates thumb tip when pulled into packaging mach

Investigation abstract

At 8:00 a.m. on September 13, 2021, an employee working as a packaging machine operator for a dried food manufacturer was moving packaged product down the production line for packaging. The employee placed his left hand into the Doboy Sealer machine to remove paper caught in the gears from the bagged product. The employee caught his thumb which was then pulled into the gears. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for an amputated thumb tip.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 37 F

Event type
2

Occupation code
754

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