OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221395791

LONE STAR BAKERY

CHINA GROVE, TX· 2021-09-24T00:00:00

Event: Adjust, Amputated, Amputation, Bakery, Blind Reaching, Caught In, Cleaning, Clogged, Energized, Filling, Finger, Fingertip, Food processing, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Manufacturing, Material Handling, Partial Amputation, Production Line, Reaching, Struck By, Traumatic Amputation
NAICS: 311812
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345549943
Employer profile: LONE STAR BAKERY
Summary number: 221395791
Report ID: 0625500

Event description

Employee amputates fingertip in bakery sheeting line machine

Investigation abstract

At 6:30 p.m. on September 24, 2021, an employee working as a sheeting line operator for a commercial bakery was working on the blondie line. The dough was not filling the trays fully, either because the dough was getting stuck or the machine needed adjustments. Either way, the employee decided to clean the dough depositor head to get the product to flow properly. He put his hands underneath the depositor while the line was still running catching his right hand. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputation to the distal phalanx of his middle finger.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 36 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
779

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